Nerd is the New In for Men’s Fashion

journalgazette.net: Now that the cool-guy uniform – skinny jeans, layered T-shirt, tailored vest and stylish scarf, all in shades of gray and black – has reached every mall in the country, the trendsetters who started it have moved on.
And they’re going somewhere that few others can: They’re going geek chic.
This means adopting pieces that can be downright nerdy on almost everyone else, but transforming it with confidence and a good eye to make a bow tie the hippest thing around. Think Justin Timberlake – he’s the geek-chic role model cited by fashion experts.
They’re making a sort of anti-fashion statement, fashionably, says LeAnn Nealz, chief design officer of American Eagle, which is going with the look for fall.
“It’s for the guy who wants to be different, but it’s cool-looking. These are guys who might have a beard or put Clark Kent glasses on. It’s a preppy geek, very Thom Browne-ish, but I think the celebrities interpreted it and made it more accessible.”
Nerd is new word in men’s fashion [journalgazette.net]