George McFly has made a triumphant comeback. And so has your dad, circa 1975. From Justin Timberlake to Jay-Z to Kirsten Dunst to Kanye West, all the cool kids are wearing the big, geeky, plastic ...

Front-row regulars at the Paris fashion shows tend to be a trendsetting bunch, which is why it's worth pointing out that Margherita Missoni--heiress to the famous Italian fashion house and a ...

When it comes to eyeglasses, it's cool to look like a nerd. Both men and women are channeling their inner geek by sporting oversize plastic frames, almost too big for the face. It's a nostalgic nod to ...

Rich Dawson wasn’t trying to be trendy when he turned Ray-Ban Wayfarer sunglasses into his first pair of prescription eyeglasses. The thick, black-rimmed frames, he thought, created an old-school look ...

We all know that “clothes make the man.” Thank you, Mark Twain. But while Mr. Twain was waxing sartorially, today's fashionista knows the key to making a good impression is as plain as the eyeglasses ...

Sleep, much like water, is an essential ingredient for staying alive. But, much in the way soda does little to act as a hydrating drink, staring at computer and phone screens all day doesn't help us ...

The glasses will have a low-resolution built-in camera that will be able to monitor the world in real time and overlay information about locations, surrounding buildings and friends who might be ...

Warby Parker, purveyor of hip eyeglasses at inexpensive prices, is opening its second Seattle location Saturday in University Village. The 6-year-old company soared to a $1.2 billion valuation last ...

Black-rimmed square glasses, printed t-shirts, utility trousers, short sleeve shirts with a pocket and strange techy accessories used to be the essential items in a geek’s wardrobe. Wearing these made ...

When White House press secretary Jay Carney recently fielded a question about, of all things, his eyewear, he plunged into a danger zone more fraught than his sparring sessions with reporters over ...

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