Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Eyeconic Frames - Guide to the type of glasses you should wear

By Gurpreet Singh

It's time to choose the correct frames, and our guide helps you to decide which glasses to wear. No matter matter face shape you have just read on to learn more, and help you to make an informed decision.

Glasses are in fashion now and more and more people are using them as fashion accessories. It's important to know which frames to wear, and the colours to choose, which highlight your features. You need to co-ordinate well in order for your outfit to fit your frames and visa versa. By choosing the correct frames it will help you to give you confidence and help you in your daily activities.

So you go to choose your frames, but now you're having a bit of trouble. You can ask for assistance from your local optician. But in todays age where the internet is booming, there are many resources online which can help you to decide. Fashion websites are the main source to go for, as well as online stores selling glasses. Ultimately, the choice has to be yours, but here are a few useful pointers on choices for different complexions and face shapes.

Darker Skin: People with olive, Mediterranean, golden or Asian skin and rich black hair often look stunning in silver, gold or clear frames. Also try burgundy and brown colours, but black can be too heavy.

Black Skins: All metallic frames suit black skins. Amber usually works well too, but black is either wonderful or awful, depending on style. Be careful with colours - they rarely contribute to overall style unless they're bright, fun and specially chosen to work with a specific outfit.

Oval shaped faces: This face shape is almost suited to all prescription glasses and frames. But it would be benefial not to wear larger styles glasses. This is because oval faces have smoothly rounded, and well balanced faces.

Round faces: For faces that are short and fairly wide with full cheeks and a round chin, choose slimming styles. Slightly elongated shapes work well as long as they are not too shallow, while square, or even up-swept styles can help to highlight the upper face. Avoid small and round or very large shapes that make the face look even rounder.

Heart-shaped: Squared frames would work very well with heart shaped faces, as well as including glasses that are round in shape. These faces have a small, neat chin and mouth, tapering up and out to a broader forehead so choose frames to highlight this.

Square faces: For faces that are strong and angular, or short and wide, the best frames to try are round or oval styles that soften the jawline. Avoid any shapes that emphasise squareness. - 15438

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