Lo and Behold - The greatest tick-rimmed spectacle wearing people. Or at least 10 of them.
1. Johnny Depp
Ah look at his face and his cheeks. He doesn't necessarily need any adornment to make his face more chiselled and wonderful in general, but I feel the rule is thus. If Johnny Depp wants to wear thick rimmed spectacles, Johnny Depp gets to wear thick rimmed spectacles. If Johnny Depp wants to star in a mediocre Jack the Ripper drama alongside Heather Graham with an 'accent', Johnny Depp gets.
2. Mark Ruffalo (In Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind only, mind.)
Blast, looks like these specs were a requirement for his character. Anyway, he still wears them quite well I would proudly announce. Geeky memory-eraser man chic, to the max. They probably made Mark wear these because Elijahs eyes are freakishly big.
3. Garth Algar
Party on dude, and all other shameless quoting aside. Master of the mullet Garth also has a fine pair of thick-rimmers. Excuse him, he'd like to get by now please.
4. Woody Allen 
Director, writer, actor and all round extraordinaire champion thick rimmed spectacular. Allen has done many odd things in his lifetime, but decades from now I fear he will be remembered as having a pair of excellent eyewear - rather than that whole Mia Farrow's adopted daughter nearly-incest thing. 'What incest?' the fashion conscious minions of the early 3000s will holler. And then back to the quite blatant technology of the future stereotyping but-probably-will-actually-happen hovercrafts they go...
5. Jarvis Cocker
I threw up in my mouth a little bit when I realised I'd forgotten good ol' Jarvis. If there was an Olympic event in immaculate spectacle wearing - surely King of the Geography teacher chic setting alight the hearts of thousands of girls wrapped up tightly in H&M scarves would come away with the Gold. It is Jarvis who is solely responsible for senior citizens to be the fashion trend-setters of the 1990s/2000s. I remember the days Oxfam used to be a place to gaze nostalgically at old VHS tapes. Now it is packed to the brim of people vying to grasp the term 'indie', grabbing away with their vintage ring clad fingers.
6. Truman Capote 
Of course Marilyn Monroe is here! Of course she is. She cannot resist Capote, writer of Breakfast at Tiffanys, squeakiest of voices, cleverest of writers, and most importantly, wearer of our favourite vision-enhancers.
7. Graham Coxon
People of the earth:
Important note. Graham Coxon is not so much a musician, or indeed a man. He is a pair of glasses with a man/musician attached. He is geek-chic mecca. He doesn't so much wear the glasses as the glasses wear him. That's an important philosophical statement. Don't try and think it through. It'll hurt your head.
8. Harry Potter
And as this humble blogger finds herself running rapidly out of ideas, and wondering why she started this post in the first place, we find ourselves falling into the realms of the fictional. Greatest fabricated wizard of all time would be nothing without his trusty specs. Did Rowling become inspired to write the adventures of this boy-hero or did she simply think it would be a really cheap fancy dress idea? I think I'm on to her...
9. Buddy Holly 
Yeah yeah yeah, so he probably invented rock and roll a little bit and was one of the most exciting musical influences of the last century. Be all that as it may. Check out the specs. Now theres a man with 2020 vision whos looking good. Am I right, or am I right? ..Yeah, I don't know that much about Buddy Holly.
10. Harold Lloyd
God bless Wikipedia. Harold Lloyd of course is a grand ol' mavrick and pinnacle of the silent era. Apparently. He doesn't look much like Charlie Chaplin to me. Ah blessed ignorance. Nevertheless - the man has a FINE pair of specs in and is worthy of helping me complete my list. Thankyou Harold you wonderful, lesser known talent.
Good day to you all.
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