How to Pick Frames for Glasses
Gone are the days of the pinched-frame kitty glasses. Today, eyewear can be just as much a fashion statement as a scarf, tie or purse. A trip to any nearby glasses-in-about-an-hour type place offers you a wide variety of colors and frame shapes to choose from. The problem for most eye glass wearers is to narrow down which pair or pairs look best. To help with this task, the Vision Council of America offers the following guidelines for people buying glasses. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
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Thin out a round face by choosing glasses with narrow, angular frames. The round face appears to have the same proportions regardless of how it's measured. Rectangular glasses are a good fit for this face type.
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Don't mess with perfection when searching for glasses for the oval face. Because of its proportions are all balanced, this face shape is considered to be just the right shape. Frames should be as wide or a little wider than this face at its broadest point.
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Shorten an oblong face by choosing glasses with more depth than width.
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Widen a bottom-down, triangular-shaped face by choosing glasses that accent the top half of the face. Modern cat-eye glasses in fun colors draw the eye upward, and therefore are a good choice for this face.
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Minimize the width of the top-heavy top up triangular face shape by choosing frames that are wider on the bottom than the top. Think about frameless glasses, too.
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Soften the cheekbones of the rarest of all face shapes---the diamond---by choosing oval or cat-eye glasses. Frames with a lot of detail help this face stay in balance, too.
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Diminish the hard edges of the square-shaped face by selecting oval frames. Other good possibilities are wide frames.
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Consider bringing out your best features. If you have blue eyes, blue frames can offer a stunning reinforcement to the babiest of blues.
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Pick frame colors that complement your skin tones. People with olive skin, for example, have cooler skin tones and do well to consider cool colors like plum, black or magenta. Warm, peaches-and-cream skin tones respond best to gold, cream or camel colored glasses.
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Choose colors that look good with your hair and eyebrow colors. For example, if your hair and eyebrows are red, steer clear of harsh, black frames.
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Tips & Warnings
Make sure your glasses will fit your lifestyle. If you are active, you probably don't want your glasses to have thin, dainty rims. Additionally, think about whether or not you want or need extra features like auto-tinted lenses, bi-focals or scratch resistant lenses.
Have your eyes checked at regular intervals for your age. As your vision changes, so will your glasses.
