Glasses for Your Face Shape: What Frames Suit Me?
Pick your face shape and see the frames to try and the ones to skip, from glasses for a round face to oval, square, heart and more.
The right frames can make a face look longer, wider, softer or sharper. The wrong ones can make you look tired. The rule is simple once you know it: pick frames that are the opposite of your face shape. Round faces suit angles. Square faces suit curves.
Pick your face shape below to see the frames to try and the ones to skip.
Best glasses for each face shape
| Face shape | Try | Skip |
|---|---|---|
| Round | Rectangle, square, wayfarer, cat-eye | Small round frames |
| Oval | Almost anything; oversized, aviator, round | Frames much wider than the face |
| Square | Round, oval, rimless, cat-eye | Boxy, angular frames |
| Heart | Rimless, oval, aviator, light colors | Heavy browline frames |
| Diamond | Cat-eye, browline, oval | Narrow frames at cheekbone level |
| Oblong | Deep, oversized, thick round frames | Small and narrow frames |
| Triangle | Cat-eye, browline, half-rim | Frames heavy at the bottom |
Glasses for a round face
Round faces are about as wide as they are long, with soft cheeks and a curved jaw. The best glasses for a round face have straight lines and corners, because angles add structure that the face does not have on its own.
Rectangle and square frames are the safest bet. Wayfarers work well too. Cat-eye frames with an upswept outer corner lift the face and make it look a little longer. Pick frames slightly wider than your cheekbones, so they do not squeeze the face.
Skip small, perfectly round frames. They repeat the shape of the face instead of balancing it, and they can make it look fuller.
How to know your face shape
Pull your hair back and look straight into a mirror. Notice which part of your face is widest: forehead, cheekbones or jaw. Then check if your face is longer than it is wide. For an exact answer, our face shape calculator uses four quick measurements.
Three rules that matter more than shape
Width. Frames should be about as wide as the widest part of your face. Too narrow squeezes the face. Too wide swallows it.
Brows. The top of the frame should follow your brow line, not cut through the middle of your eyebrows.
Color. Match the frame to your undertone. Warm skin tends to suit tortoiseshell, gold and honey. Cool skin tends to suit black, silver, gray and clear. The undertone finder tells you which you are.
Glasses and hairstyles
Your haircut changes how frames look. Bangs cover the top of the frames and can crowd the face, so side-swept or curtain bangs usually work better with glasses than heavy straight bangs. Our guide to curtain bangs has styles that pair well with frames.
Frequently Asked Questions
Keep going: find your exact shape with the face shape calculator, and pick a frame color with the undertone finder.
