What’s your face shape?
The general rule for how to select glasses for your face shape is to always pick the glasses that have the opposite features to your face shape.
Once you've taken a look in the mirror and determined your face shape, you may be wondering what type of glasses look best on you.
To help you find the perfect frames, it's useful to be aware of the Six common face shapes: oval, rectangle, round, heart, diamond, and triangle.
The Best Glasses Frames for Oval
An oval face shape is balanced proportions and no extreme angles or sharp lines. It is often described as an upside-down egg shape with the forehead slightly wider than the chin.
You are in luck because pretty much any glasses shape will pretty much work with an oval-shaped face. So feel free to mix and match and try to find something that looks cool to you.
The Best Glasses Frames for Rectangle
Square faces generally suit glasses frames with round or oval shapes that can angle the face. Our Retro Pilot frames can work well. Avoid rectangular frames, which will highlight the sharp angles of the face.
The Best Glasses Frames for Round
- Cheekbones are the widest part of the face.
- The forehead and jawline are roughly the same widths.
- The chin is rounded and the jawline is soft.
Round faces often look best in glasses that are angular or have angular features, such as square and rectangular frames as well as wayfarer styles. Our Polygon Retro Sunglasses and Sports Sunglasses will be good options.
The Best Glasses Frames for Heart
This face shape can be described as inverted triangle-like, with the widest part of the face being at the top and tapering down to a narrow chin. The heart face shape is sometimes referred to as a "V-shaped" face due to its unique shape.
Heart-shaped faces typically suit round, oval, Rimless glasses, and square frames, if you need sunglasses for adventure, WEAROYO sports sunglasses will be your best choice, and our classic retro pilot is another style that may suit heart-shaped faces.
The Best Glasses Frames for Diamond
Diamond-shaped faces generally look best with glasses that have angular frames and sharp edges, such as rectangular, and square These shapes help to emphasize the angles of the face, while curved frames can soften the sharp lines of the face.
The Best Glasses Frames for Triangle
A triangle is more or less the same as a heart but inverted so that the forehead is the narrowest part of the face while the jawline is the widest.Triangle faces usually look best in glasses with angular frames that are wider at the top than the bottom. This helps to balance out the bottom-heavy shape of the face and create an oval shape overall. Look for styles such as our pilot, or polygon rectangular frames.
What’s your style
However, these are just guidelines, and you should ultimately go with what you feel looks best on you. Wearing frames that express your personality may be the best way to show off your unique style and let your true self shine through.