Short answer: choose a frame that contrasts with your face shape and is about as wide as your face. Round faces suit angular frames, square faces suit rounded frames, and oval faces suit almost anything. Fit matters more than any rule.
Find your face shape
Pull your hair back, look straight into a mirror and compare the width of your forehead, cheekbones and jaw, and the length of your face.
- Round: soft curves, width and length about equal.
- Square: strong jaw, forehead and jaw about the same width.
- Oval: slightly longer than wide, balanced proportions.
- Heart: wider forehead, narrower chin.
- Long: noticeably longer than wide.
What suits each shape
- Round face: squared or angular frames add definition, for example the squared Noir Edge.
- Square face: rounded frames soften a strong jaw, for example Desert Fade‘s rounded profile.
- Oval face: most shapes work; go by proportion and style.
- Heart-shaped face: frames that are lighter on top and a little wider at the bottom balance a wider forehead.
- Long face: deeper frames with some width break up the length.
Fit checks that matter more than shape
- The frame should be about as wide as your face, not narrower.
- It shouldn’t pinch your temples or rest on your cheeks when you smile.
- Your eyes should sit roughly in the centre of each lens.
- The arms should hold the frame without sliding when you look down.
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