Geek Chic
Forget 'the metrosexual', lad culture and the 'new man' - the hottest fella of this decade gives serious come to bed bespectacled-eyes! Enter the geek; 2010's most gifted pin-up.
RexAdam Brody
The original and the best, Adam Brody created Geek Chic in the noughties with his portrayal of awkward, slight-of-frame, Jewish teen Seth Cohen. We, and gorgeous co-star Rachel Bilson no less, just couldn’t get enough of his sexy neuroses.
PAJustin Timberlake
He’s bringing geeky back! Hard to believe that just a few short years ago, JT had a penchant for baggy trews and ‘gangsta’ jackets, because nowadays the Sexy Back star of new Facebook flick, The Social Network, his upped the geek factor, opting for wide-framed specs, bow-ties and braces. Call us crazy, but we ‘lust’ him all the more for it. “We all have a bit of geek inside of us,” he says.
PACory Monteith
Geek’s newest pin-up. Every awkward adolescent Stateside broke out into a jig when Finn Hudson ditched the football team for the Glee club. Jock-turned-geek – it’s the stuff misfit teenage dreams are made of.
WennAndrew Garfield
Brit boy Andrew’s hot Hollywood property right now - as well as geeking it up in this year’s coolest blockbuster, The Social Network, Andrew can be seen getting both Keira Knightley and Carey Mulligan hot and bothered in 2011’s Never Let Me Go. Can’t say we blame them…
WennMatt Smith
With his razor-sharp cheekbones and intense gaze, Matt marked the first time GLAMOUR.COM had ever mentally undressed Doctor Who. We weren’t alone – model Daisy Lowe has been spotted canoodling with the Time Lord all over town since February. Get a Tardis, you two!
PAMichael Cera
Annunciation and articulation – just a couple of things we find sexy in our men. Dulcet-toned, soulful-eyed, Superbad and Scott Pilgrim charmer Cera could talk us into bed any day with that beautiful mind.
PA PhotosMark Ronson
Musician Mark is the stylish man’s geek of choice, wearing flat caps, thick-rimmed glasses and braces with such ease and flair, he made the world – and some of Blighty’s most beautiful women - sit up and take notice.
BigSamuel Preston
As The Ordinary Boys front man and Big Bro star says himself in the opening line of his web biog: “My name is Samuel Dylan Murray Preston and I am a geek.” True… but with his Buddy Holly hairdo, sleeve tattoos and cheeky grin, Preston’s a hot one at that.
WennAaron Johnson
With his big specs and even bigger hair, Aaron Johnson was an unlikely superhero in Kick Ass, yet his bony lycra-clad bod went on to save the world and get the girl. Geeks rule!
RexNick Grimshaw
Steve Jones is sooo passé – the new reason for getting up at weekends is to catch T4’s resident geek and funnyman Grimmy in action.
PA PhotosGraham Coxon
Blur’s kick-ass guitarist Graham was rocking thick, black-rimmed, square specs before the likes of Preston and Ronson were out of nappies.
WennJesse Eigenberg
With that irresistible mop of curls and a tendency to look adorably awkward on the red carpet, actor Jesse’s already charmed the likes of Emma Stone (Zombieland) and Kristen Stewart (Adventureland) on the big screen, and can currently be seen holding his own against fellow sexy geeks Justin Timberlake and Andrew Garfield in hot Facebook flick, The Social Network.
RexWilliam Cameron
Model and Geek-enthusiast Daisy Lowe described flamed-haired, snappy suit-clad Will, the former guitarist of North London Indie band Blondelle, as her “first love”.
PAAlex Zane
Nice guy Alex has taken the media world by storm since stepping those winklepickers into the spotlight in ‘06. As well as TV and radio presenting, the star can currently be seen doing the comedy circuit with his stand-up act, reliving the time he was a briefcase-wielding geek at school, lower on the food chain than "the kid who ate mud for 50p".
RexSimon Bird
The Inbetweeners cutie didn’t get into the dating game until his late teens: “I went to an all boys school, so it wasn't that I was unsuccessful with the ladies,' he says, “there were just no ladies to be successful with.” Simon, get yourself down to GLAMOUR.COM Towers – we can practically guarantee an increase in your success rate!
PA PhotosRobert Pattinson
From gawky teen to GLAMOUR.COM’s Sexiest Man of 2009 and 2010 – and yet R-Patz still describes himself as a geek at heart. At US geek-fest Comic-Con, Rob said: “I kinda like all this stuff. I went to a few of these things in England, like Doctor Who ones, and I always found them really interesting. I guess I was a geek. But I was more of a computer-game geek; I wasn't really a comic book geek…I can be quite geeky.”
RexHot Chip
Music’s geekiest exports, Hot Chip stepped out of their bedroom ‘studio’ in 2006 to set dancefloors alight with their quirky, infectious brand of electro-funk-pop. Chiselled-jawed Owen Clarke and moustachioed Felix Martin are the group’s unlikely pin-ups.
PA PhotosTobey Maguire
An unlikely superhero, sure, but wasn’t Peter Parker too? Tobey proved he and his surprise six-pac had what it takes to pull off saving the planet and getting the girl – plus, he sure got our spidey-senses tingling.
PA PhotosTinie Tempah
Oh, how we love a bespectacled musician (think more JT than Elton!) – and Tinie, with his penchant for thick glasses and velvet tuxedo jackets, is certainly tempting.
PANoel Fielding
The most eccentric nerd on the planet, Noel first caught our eye in 2007 with his delightfully absurd geek-fest The Mighty Boosh and has since charmed women of the Russell Brand persuasion the world over with his whimsical wardrobe and cheeky grin.
PAGeorge Lamb
Taking Geek Chic to new levels of cool, George simply rocks a dinner jacket and cropped skinnies.
