horn-rimmed glasses
Retro plastic frames
Horn-rimmed glasses have frames made from horn, tortoiseshell, or materials imitating their appearance—typically dark, thick, and slightly mottled.
The style suggests intellectualism or studiousness: He wore horn-rimmed glasses and carried a stack of books.
The frames curve around the lenses rather than sitting on wire.
- spectaclesCorrective eyewear worn daily
- tortoiseshellMottled brown-yellow shell material
- framesRigid enclosing structures
- nerdyUnfashionably intellectual
- intellectualConcerning thought and reason
vintage · retro · old school · librarian · bookish · professor · geek · Clark Kent · plastic · hipster · scholarly · eyewear · thick frames · preppy · studious · 1950s · Buddy Holly · lenses
- eyewearsunglasses, eyeglasses, spectacles, shades, bifocals
- hipstermustache, skinny jeans, beard, flannel, vintage
- Nerd Fashionpocket protector, oversized frames, calculator watch
frame material/style
horn-rimmed glassesrimless glasses
Eyewear without surrounding frames
metal frames · wire frames · titanium frames · aviator glasses · contact lenses
horns, horned, hornless, rimmed, rimming, rimless, glass, glasses, glassy