Every face is unique and has its own characteristics. Not to mention personal taste, fashion, or mood. 

So how do you choose a pair of glasses, and which frame shape is best to enhance your face shape?

Of course, it is certainly important that the glasses please us and are suitable for us. We can follow our instinct and our heart, but just to understand where to start, we have created this guide to help us choose better.

It is possible to have some general guidelines to understand where to start, to avoid choosing the wrong frame and to have a style that suits us.   

In the meantime, let's start with the fundamental question:

What type of face do we have?

The shapes of the face, glasses, and combinations

Even though every face has its particular shape, we can define some common shapes to start from when choosing glasses:

• Heart-shaped
• Oval
• Round
• Square

To understand what shape your face has, it is necessary to measure the different parts (chin, forehead, and jaw) and understand the proportions. 

As for the shapes of the frames, there are indeed many shapes and sizes, many of which have become iconic. The drop shape recalls the American uniform, the round shape easily reminds one of John Lennon, while oversized sunglasses remind us of Katharine Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's.

In short, many iconic shapes have become characteristic of looks and evoke memories of characters, singers, and movies.

But to avoid getting lost in the many existing shapes, for now, let's simplify to find the shape that best suits our face, so let's consider 3 types of frames:

• Round
• Square
• Cat-eye (or cat-shaped)

Oval face

In the oval face, we have a greater roundness in the shapes of the forehead and jaw, and a greater length.

In particular, the lower part of the face is longer than the upper part.

The glasses for the oval face

The oval face, thanks to its characteristics, has the possibility of looking good with any frame. So you only have the embarrassment of choice: rectangular, round, cat-eye, you can choose the shape that best suits your style.

Round face

In a round face, the forehead and jaw have the same width, and the length of the face and the width between the cheekbones are similar.

The shapes, as the name suggests, are rounded and not very angular.

Glasses for round faces

To give a slimmer and longer shape to the face, and thus enhance it, it is advisable to choose glasses with a rectangular or broken shape.  

Heart-shaped face

In a heart-shaped face, the forehead is wider than the jaw, and the chin is quite pointed.

The cheekbones are higher compared to an oval face.

Glasses for heart-shaped faces

In this case, it is possible to experiment with any glasses, although we suggest choosing glasses with a small frame to enhance the particular shape of the face. 

Square face

In a square face, the forehead and jaw have similar dimensions. The lines are angular and not very pronounced, while the chin is not very sharp.

Glasses for square faces

To soften the shapes and give more harmony to the face, we suggest round or rounded frames. 

And what if I wanted a different pair of glasses?

Even though knowing the shape of the face can help understand which glasses to start with, it doesn’t mean that it’s not possible to match a round face, for example, with glasses that follow the shapes of the face.

Knowing the shape of the face is not the only important factor in our choice.

Let’s not forget that it’s not just the shape that defines style, but also the color of the frame and, why not, the type of lenses (for example, photochromic lenses that darken on their own when exposed to light) that leave an unmistakable mark on our face and our outfit.

The combinations are endless, and we can try out different options to see which one is best for us.   

The important thing is to experiment and feel comfortable, following your own style!

To choose the most suitable glasses for your face, you can take a look at the glasses you find in our online store, or come visit us at one of our retail locations, we will be very happy to recommend the frame that suits you best.

We love to advise our customers and find the right glasses for them, and we like that anyone who comes to choose their glasses from us enters the big family of "Mondelliani."

We are waiting for you!