DESPITE wearing glasses since I was 15, I still haven’t got used to wedging the things on my face every day.

With this in mind, I’m baffled by a chance discovery in Primark – other outlets of affordable clothing are available – the other day: row upon row of “fake” glasses for sale with clear plastic lenses.

My spectacles are normally uncomfortable – usually due to me bending them out of shape by falling asleep or rugby tackling my brother off a hay bale at a festival – so why would you choose to wear them if you didn’t have to?

I’ve gone for the larger, “geekier”

frame because it gives me better peripheral vision, stopping me from walking into and falling off things, rather than trying to look like anyone.

Sadly, I can’t really opt for contact lenses on a regular basis because my rugby ball-shaped eyes cause them to fog up if I’m inside, sitting still, or generally trying to exist.

The other alternative is to have my eyes lasered, which is costly and makes me feel a little squeamish but would probably be worth the outlay to remove the need to be pushing my glasses up my nose every five minutes.

This trend seems to be part of a wider trend for geek chic becoming the look to aspire to.

Every high street is full of people wearing T-shirts emblazoned with ‘geek’, ‘dork’ or ‘nerd’ as some sort of misinterpreted badge of honour.

Not wishing to jump to conclusions, but most of them hardly look the sort to enjoy creative writing, reading lengthy novels or taking an interest in current affairs.

I can think of a few four-letter words that would be more appropriate for those wandering around with these slapped across their chests but they wouldn’t be fit for publication in a family newspaper.

Fashion seems to move in mysterious ways and I’m all for people cultivating an individual identity, though this smacks of trying to present yourself as something you’re not.

Having been called geek, among other slightly less savoury variations, for years it wouldn’t be the first thing I’d choose to wear on my clothes – ironically or otherwise.

What will the next inappropriate fashion trend be?

Dressing like Dickensian street urchins, lavish Marie Antoinette getups or something hideous sported by the disturbing Miley Cyrus?