Abstract: A retainer for a pair of spectacles comprises two separate strips of fabric, each of which includes a portion at one end by which it is connected to one of the temples of the spectacles, and a retaining ring through which the free ends of the fabric strips are received for relative sliding adjustment with respect to the back of the head of the wearer of the spectacles. The fabric strips are of special configuration, with their free ends including portions of sufficiently greater width than most of the remainder of their lengths that these widest portions cannot both pass through the ring simultaneously, thereby preventing accidental separation of the ring from the fabric strips.