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Geek chic
Geek chic
Stephanie Pakrul, or StephTheGeek, a blogger. The t-shirt displays the blue screen of death, an in-joke to those who are familiar with Microsoft Windows.
"Geek chic" refers to the embracing of stereotypically "geek" characteristics including black-rimmed glasses, T-shirts with geek in-jokes, and more technically complex accessories.
There are multiple interpretations of the term "geek chic", with heavy black-rimmed glasses being the sole defining trait as far as the press is concerned. Wearing them is sufficiently notable to have celebrities like David Beckham[5], Justin Timberlake[6] and Myleene Klass[7] being reported as "trying geek chic". David Tennant, the Tenth Doctor in Doctor Who, has also described the look of his bespectacled character as having "a bit of geek chic".[8].
To geeks themselves, the term is used for "reclaiming the geek identity as something not only meaningful, but also stylish."[9] - for this usage, more than mere spectacle frames are required, and so the term has a wider remit, being applied to home furnishings[10] and objects as well as oufits. In this usage, the term "geek chic" can even be used as a positive contrast to the somewhat more negative term "geeky".[11]
Geek chic is not to be confused with preppie fashion, which is more widely associated with a conservative image rather than geek culture. Instead, much of the geek chic image borrows from various alternative youth fashions such as emo, goth, hippie, and bohemian among others,[citation needed] but t-shirts with geeky in-jokes seem to originate from the geeks themselves, with shirt designers who tailor to geeks offering rewards for the best ideas.[12][13]
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Stephanie Pakrul, or StephTheGeek, a blogger. The t-shirt displays the blue screen of death, an in-joke to those who are familiar with Microsoft Windows.
"Geek chic" refers to the embracing of stereotypically "geek" characteristics including black-rimmed glasses, T-shirts with geek in-jokes, and more technically complex accessories.
There are multiple interpretations of the term "geek chic", with heavy black-rimmed glasses being the sole defining trait as far as the press is concerned. Wearing them is sufficiently notable to have celebrities like David Beckham[5], Justin Timberlake[6] and Myleene Klass[7] being reported as "trying geek chic". David Tennant, the Tenth Doctor in Doctor Who, has also described the look of his bespectacled character as having "a bit of geek chic".[8].
To geeks themselves, the term is used for "reclaiming the geek identity as something not only meaningful, but also stylish."[9] - for this usage, more than mere spectacle frames are required, and so the term has a wider remit, being applied to home furnishings[10] and objects as well as oufits. In this usage, the term "geek chic" can even be used as a positive contrast to the somewhat more negative term "geeky".[11]
Geek chic is not to be confused with preppie fashion, which is more widely associated with a conservative image rather than geek culture. Instead, much of the geek chic image borrows from various alternative youth fashions such as emo, goth, hippie, and bohemian among others,[citation needed] but t-shirts with geeky in-jokes seem to originate from the geeks themselves, with shirt designers who tailor to geeks offering rewards for the best ideas.[12][13]
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