Sunglasses. We love them, we need them, and we loose them more often than we’d like. On the bright side though, that does mean we get to shop for new ones fairly regularly, which we think rates pretty high on the shopping fun-o-meter.How to get shades that will look great on you? Start with your face shape and work from there. Try on a bunch of different styles and select your favorites.
Next, instead of checking yourself out in the mirror, take out your camera phone, try each pair on and snap a photo of each as you go along, to get a better idea of which style looks best on you. To narrow down the pool of possibilities, here are a few pointers on the styles that are most likely to work with the shape of your face:
Oval Shaped Face: You sir are in luck, as virtually any style frame will work with your symmetrical face. The main thing you’ll need to pay attention to when selecting frames is the proportion of the frames to the size of your face.
Round Shaped Face: Put it this way: 2 rounds (face + frames) don’t make a right. Shades for round faces should be on the angular side, to help add more definition and length to the shape of your face. Strong and square is a good place to start.
Square Shaped Face: Sunglasses with a rounder or oval shape will help balance out the jaw line, make your face look a bit less blocky and provide the illusion of length. For you, the key is to find frames that are less wide than the widest part of your face.
Rectangular Face: Like your square-shaped brethren, rounder or oval shapes work well for you. The key difference is that you should look for frames that add a little width to the face to balance out the shape.
Triangular Face: If your face is shaped more like a “base-down” triangle, then balance out the top half of your face with sunglasses that draw attention to the top half and away from the chin.
For inverted triangle types, you’ll want to look for sunglasses that add width to the bottom half of your face. For example---rimless sunglasses would be a good place to start.
