♥ men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses.

via vanity fair italia october 2010

(spotted on dustjacket attic)

everywhere i look lately, it appears designers are making heinously ugly style

choices completely on purpose. orthopedic saddle shoes, grandpa sweaters,

socks with sandals, and now the ultimate nerd accessory:

glasses just like the ones aunt mabel wore on every model.

LOVE IT!

back in the day, alot of old films would equate women who wore glasses

as creatures who were smart but frumpy, who had brains but no sex appeal.

leading men would encourage women to take their glasses off and let their hair down,

making them automatically more desirable mates, but also taking away their

agency and their ability to see things clearly.

(see the film now, voyager(1942) with bette davis)

i think it's time women reclaim their vision, to see things clearly and prove that

"geek" can also be "chic" and that glasses actually accentuate rather than

hide a pretty face.

warby parker is a fabulous online boutique offering oversized granny style

glasses for under $100, and get this- for every pair that you buy,

they give

a pair to someone in need! (read more!)

ps. they also offer a monocle! how cool is that??

here are some of my favorite specs:

are you lucky enough to not need glasses, but would like to play the part?

then check out these fabulous fakes and look more intelligent in minutes!

vintage frames from american apparel

anthropologie faux readers.