Your face shape is probably the most important part about choosing glasses. And a good place to start if you’re stuck. So have a good look at yourself in the mirror, get familiar with common face shapes like oval, square, or heart-shape and find out what to look for in your next pair.

Oval

Glasses for oval faces

People with an oval face have a softly rounded forehead and chin, with fairly balanced proportions. Lucky for you, almost all frame shapes will suit you, so you can be adventurous as you like. We’d recommend going for styles that are a little wider than the widest part of your face.

• Softly rounded
• Evenly proportioned

Heart-Shaped

Glasses for heart shaped faces

Those with heart-shaped faces will be widest at the forehead, gently narrowing down towards the chin with soft features. To offset the natural wideness at the top half of your face, opt for frames that are a little wider than your forehead or have an exaggerated brow line like a cat-eye or Clubmaster-inspired style.

• Broad forehead
• High and defined cheekbones
• Small chin

Round

Glasses for round faces

Round faces tend to be fairly short, with a wider forehead, full cheeks, rounded chin and softer jawline. It’s best to choose styles that will complement your softer features, so go for rounder frames rather than angular.

• Width & length similarly proportionate
• Fuller cheekbones
• Little to no angles

Square

Glasses for square faces

You’ll be in this category if your face width and length are proportionate, and you’ve got a broad forehead and a strong jaw. To create a little more length in the face and to offset your strong features, opt for narrower styles that are still angular in shape to complement your face.

• Broad deep forehead
• Square chin
• Wide jaw

Triangle

Glasses for triangle faces

Triangle faces will be widest at the jaw, narrowing up to the forehead. You’ll want to add a little width to this narrower part of your face, so go for strong brow lines or cat-eye shapes to really emphasise your eyes.

• Narrow at the forehead
• Wider at the cheek and chin area

Oblong

Glasses for Oblong faces

An oblong face is longer than it is wide and has a long, straight cheek line. If you have this face shape you should consider the following:

• Avoid narrow and rectangular frame shapes that will make your face appear longer.