Fashion versus Geek

Geeks and Fashion have never seemed to get along. When the average person thinks of the geek stereotype, they can conjure up images of Steve Urkel, Bill Nye, or maybe even Mr. Bean. Now as far niches go, geeks have somewhat of a bad rap, because well.. of the meaning of the word geek in the first place.

Let me digress to a history lesson (according to almighty wiki): "The word geek is a slang term, noting individuals as 'a peculiar or otherwise odd person, especially one who is perceived to be overly obsessed with one or more things including those of intellectuality, electronics, etc.' " The word itself comes from an English dialect Geek, or Geck meaning: Fool. I don't know about you, but I don't know how an intellectually astute and technologically savvy group of people can stand for being called fools. Maybe they just don't care? I would rather rationalize in a different manner. "If you can't beat em, join em." is the motto that works best here, I believe. Throughout the past few decades, the attitude of being geeky has garnered looks of disgust, and many a wedgie in our elementary (and even high school) hallways.