Style Guide: Geek Chic
Hi everyone, it's Ilana from Team LC! From business casual to winter white, fashion is full of perfectly sensible contradictions. My favorite fashion oxymoron: geek chic. The fashion choices that would have had you shunned by the cool crowd in middle school have never been more stylish. The cute and quirky look has been having a major moment for the past few years, and can be spotted everywhere this season from the runways of Marc by Marc Jacobs to the racks at J. Crew (to the backs of your LC.com editors!). Incorporating geek chic elements into your ensemble is a fun way to punch up a fashionable but otherwise lackluster outfit into something with a little more edge. Here are five fun ways to embrace your inner geek and look good doing it…
1. Ditch the contacts for a day. Thick-rimmed specs are practically synonymous with the geek chic trend. So instead of lamenting your 20/100 vision, try out a pair of boldly bookish frames from Warby Parker or Elizabeth and James.
2. Wear socks with frocks. Sometimes all it takes is a simple pair of socks to transform your outfit from plain old chic to geek. Try ankle-length bobby socks like the ones styled with this Paper Crown look or an over-the-knee pair à la model-off-duty Andreea Diaconu.
3. Get cropped and printed. Sans suspenders of course, cropped and printed trousers make a chic statement with just the right amount of quirk. Don’t be afraid to experiment with polka dots, plaid, and other quirky prints.
4. Flaunt your collar. The collared shirt is a staple of any geek chic wardrobe and a great look for an internship or work. Go for a contrast collar like the one on this dress from Lauren’s Kohl’s collection, or layer a button-up blouse under your favorite crew-neck knit. (Here’s my own take on the trend.)
5. Don’t forget your footwear. Oxfords might as well be the official footwear choice for the geek chic trend. A pair of cropped pants might be the more obvious pairing, but you can also add a dash of geek chic to a dainty dress with this unexpected footwear choice.
What are your thoughts on the geek chic look?
Leave me a link to your own geek chic ensemble in the comments below!
xo Ilana
Team LC
Photos: ImaxTree via StyleBistro, Vogue Spain, Penny Pincher Fashion, In the City With Crystalin, Sweet Thing, http://www.pennypincherfashion.com
52 comments
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Love the thick looking glasses and the shirt collars poking out with the sparkly necklaces!
thank you for sharing!
xo
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i always love a blazer to smarten up a look in a geek chic way :)
Mel
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If you don't want to buy glasses, save the glasses from your 3-D movie, punch out the "lenses", and paint the rims black! ;*
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I love this style, I wish I had the pieces of clothing and accessories to do it!
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Love this look, but I find that certain elements are difficult to pull off... For example: I would love to wear the thick-rimmed glasses, but I have a round face and I feel like those frames make my face look even more round... but I love the cropped pants and collared shirts! -
I tried out the Geek Chic with a collar and a bow!
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I have a pair of real nerd glasses and they are the greatest accessory to have they go with everything I like to wear mine with my hair straighten,jeans,and a nice tank top with an oversize sweater -
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The geek to chic look has been in for a minute now. I'm loving it with the winter fashion clash.
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i love the nerd style i were my red big glasses and my head bows on my head it really cute to were -
I love this post! Geek chic is gorgeous!
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I love this! Mostly since I've been doing it lately. I'm so loving this trend and I don't think I'll stop using it once it's not the "fad".
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I love all of these looks! So chic!!
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I think I may be a really big geek. This is totally my style ;)
Franci
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I love these looks...ALL of them! I really want to rock a pair of knee high socks - so cute!
Sydney
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I am so in love with this look! I'm still searching for the perfect pair (price friendly) pair of wide rimmed specs, but the preppy look is totally my area! love love love <3 -
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