Get to Grip with a Core Principle when Buying Spectacles
For many individuals, Selecting a spectacle frame is a daunting task. In recent years the range of materials, colours and styles has amplified dramatically making this task tougher than ever. Even So a dependable optician will help direct you to styles and colours that are most suitable to your face form and skin tones. The following is a guide that outlines what to look for when deciding on a glasses frame.
Choosing frame shape
You should consider 3 main points when selecting a glasses frame for your face form:
• The frame shape should contrast with the face form. This will heighten your own features and make the frames look well fitted and distinctive.
• The frame size should be in balance with the face size i.e. your pupils should be in the middle of the lens and the width of the frame match the width of your head.
• Eyewear color should compliment your personal best feature (such as a bronze frame to match brown eyes).
Whilst everybody’s face is unique there are seven basic face shapes: round, oval, oblong, base-down triangle, base-up triangle, diamond and square.
Round – a round face has the width and length in the same proportions and no angles. To make the face appear thinner and longer, try angular narrow frames to lengthen the face. So Choose frames that are wider than they are deep, such as a rectangular shape.
Oval- chin and forehead are rounded, your face appears longer than wide and your forehead is wider than your jaw.
The oval face is considered to be the ideal shape because of its balanced proportions.
Most frames suit this face form, but what works best are frames that are as wide as (or wider than) the broadest part of the face.
Base-Down Triangle – the triangular face has a narrow forehead that widens at the cheek and jawline. To counteract the narrow forehead, try frames that are stylised on the top half-like an angular semi-rimless frame or a ‘cateye’ frame form.
Diamond – diamond-shaped faces are narrow at the eye line and jawline, and cheekbones are often high and dramatic. This is the rarest face shape. Pick Out rimless frames or oval and cat-eye form to highlight the eyes and bring out the cheekbones.
Square – a square face has a strong jaw line and a broad forehead. To soften and lengthen a square form, Choose narrow frame styles like rectangular or narrow oval shapes.
Picking Out frame coloring
• People have either a cool (blue-based) or warm (yellow-based) colour.
• Your eyewear should be chosen to compliment your personal coloring.
Skin
Eye and hair colouring are secondary to skin colouration when determining a persons overall skin coloration. Even So, as frames frequently have more than one coloration nowadays, it may complete the picture to complement the hair and eye color with other coloured elements of the frame!
Frame Colours
Once you have determined if you are "warm" or "cool," then you can find the frame colours that will suit you the best.
Warm frame colours are: gold, copper, peach, orange, khaki, off-white, red, warm blue and blond tortoise.
Cool frame colours are: black, rose-brown, blue-grey, plum, magenta, pink, and blue.
