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The diamond-shaped face is characterized by wide cheekbones in combination with a narrow forehead and chin. Choose a frame that optically broadens the forehead to balance the face shape.
Diamond shape main features:
• Wide cheekbones
• Narrow forehead and chin
The advice for the diamond face shape is to go for glasses with an oval frame or frames with a curved design. Rimeless glasses, or in other words glasses without an outlined edge are also a good choice.
The oval-shaped face is characterized by a vertically symmetrical oval shape with rounded lines at both the jawline and hairline. The face is long and narrow with a chin that’s slightly narrower than the forehead
Oval shape main characteristics:
• Symmetrical, long oval shape
• Rounded lines at the jaw and hair
• Chin slightly narrower than the forehead
The oval-shaped face is a face shape that makes the perfect match with frames with both square and round frames, thanks to the symmetry of the face shape. All frames are a good choice. Lucky you, if you have this face shape.
The square-shaped face is characterized by a symmetric shape with pronounced cheekbones, a wide and high forehead, an angular jawline and (almost) the same width at the jaws and forehead.
Square shape main characteristics:
• Pronounced cheekbones
• Wide, high forehead
• Angular jawline
• Jaw and forehead almost same width
The advice for the square face is to soften the sharp lines of the face shape with frames with a round or oval shape. Square frames or frames with an angular shape are better to avoid.
The round-shaped face is characterized by a symmetrical - as the name suggests - round shape. Generally, this shape is as long as it is wide and is adorned with rounded lines.
Round shape main characteristics:
• Symmetrical round shape
• Approximately equal length and width
The advice for the round-shaped face is to create balance for an optically longer and narrower face with a square or straight frame. The advice is also to choose a frame that is as wide or even wider than the widest part of the face and slightly narrower in height.
The heart-shaped face is characterized by high cheekbones, a narrow shape towards the jaws and often a slightly pointed chin. The widest part is at forehead level.
Heart shape main characteristics:
• Broad upper part, widest at forehead
• High cheekbones
• Narrow towards the jaw
• Pointed chin
The advice for the heart-shaped face is to choose a frame with a curved, wide design. An example is the Aviator style. Also glasses with a fine frame or rimless glasses are a good match.
The rectangular-shaped face is characterized by a symmetrical, elongated face shape. The forehead, cheekbones and jaws have an equal width.
Rectangular shape main characteristics:
• Elongated, symmetrical shape
• Forehead, cheekbones and jaw are equal width
To soften the straight, angular and sharp lines of the rectangular face shape the advice is to choose a round frame. We also advice to optically broaden the face and to go for a large/oversized frame.