there are many ways of looking at the term "geek chic", with heavy black-rimmed glasses being the one defining thing as far as the press is concerned. wearing them is sufficiently notable to have celebrities like david beckham, justin timberlake and myleene klass 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".