Buying designer sunglasses online can be a nightmare, particularly when you are concerned whether a particular shape would best suit you. However, if you apply a few rules to your choice and pick an online store that offers a good returns service just in case you change your mind you shouldn’t go wrong.
Firstly, you need to determine your basic face shape, if you are a little unsure, ask a friend what the dominant shape is. Choose the colour of the lens you would like, but make sure it complements your skin tone. Commonly, lightly coloured rose or amber lenses may suit a pale skin while clear, silver or gold lenses are more suited to a darker skin. However, if you require your new sunglasses for a particular sport, take advice on that aspect (for example, yellow are good for golf but special frame considerations are required for other sports such as cycling).
Generally speaking if you have a small face, wear smaller glasses and if you have a larger face, wear larger glasses. Do not choose your designer sunglasses that have a similar frame shape to your face, just imagine what it would like if you had a squarish angular face and choose large square specs, not a good mix.
If you have a round face shape go for a more rectangular pair of wider sunglasses to make your face look thinner, but choose a narrower frame if you have a heart-shaped face. For those of you who have an oval face, lucky things, as most shapes will suit you but wider frames would look more appealing.
Angular diamond shaped faces that have a small forehead and chin but high cheekbones should seek out a narrow oval shape to define the face better. A square frame with rounded corners may work, but make sure that the glasses do not extend past the crest of the cheekbone. To soften the chin of a triangular shaped face, go for something that draws attention to the eyes such as an oval shape, perhaps with just an upper metal frame.
Squarer faces need to have the face softened a little, so again try an oval shape frame. If you face is more of an oblong the shape will be balanced by either round or square glasses that add width, for example, an illusion of width can be obtained by decorative or contrasting temples.
Choosing your new designer sunglasses sounds more complicated than it is, particularly when you start to consider your hairstyle and hair colour. I’m not going to go into that, as I consider you are likely to know this already, particularly if you already wear glasses. Good luck with your search and I hope you find what you are looking for.
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