But just as nerdy retro-inspired glasses have become a fashion staple, the shirt is rolling up its invisible sleeves to get into the fashion fray.

The frames were thick and black, like the nerdy glasses Dov Jacobs wore.

He also wears what he calls "nerdy" glasses and has a gentle manner.

Mr. Meyers, wearing nerdy black-rimmed glasses, a Kangol visor and pinstripe slacks, hit the dance floor.

He wore nerdy glasses all throughout high school.

The next day before school, Dylan's contacts fall down the drain, so she wears her nerdy black-and-brown glasses.

She has correspondents in the field (who do things like give away the ending to the latest Harry Potter book), and she wears cute, nerdy glasses.

He had shed the nerdy glasses, had a designer-sponsored wardrobe and had learned to chat up the radio hosts.

Each of the panellists are seen wearing stereotypical 'nerdy glasses' at the start of the show, whereas Alan has some coke-bottle ones.

He was big and imposing, with handsome, almost Roman features that were never entirely obscured by those nerdy black glasses he often wore.