Your Face Shape Changes Everything
The difference between sunglasses that look good and sunglasses that look like they were made for you comes down to one thing: face shape. The right frame complements your natural features. The wrong one fights them. Here's how to find your match.
How to Determine Your Face Shape
Stand in front of a mirror with your hair pulled back. Look at three things: the width of your forehead compared to your jaw, the length of your face compared to its width, and the angles of your jawline. Most faces fall into one of five categories.
Round Face
Your face is roughly as wide as it is long, with soft curves and full cheeks. Your forehead and jawline are similar in width, and your chin is rounded.
What to wear: Angular frames that add structure. Square and rectangular shapes create contrast against soft features and make your face appear longer and thinner. The RIDGE and ATLAS from Frame Studio are ideal — their clean lines and defined corners balance round features perfectly.
What to avoid: Small round frames that mirror your face shape and make everything look rounder.
Oval Face
Slightly longer than it is wide, with balanced proportions and a gently narrowed forehead and jaw. The chin is slightly narrower than the forehead. This is considered the most versatile face shape for eyewear.
What to wear: Almost anything. Oval faces have the luxury of choice. That said, frames that are as wide as or wider than the broadest part of your face work best. The VERA's slim oval silhouette creates a beautiful echo of your natural features, while the DIVA's rectangle offers a striking contrast.
What to avoid: Frames that are too large or too small for your proportions. Even an oval face can be overwhelmed by oversized frames.
Square Face
Strong, angular jawline with a broad forehead. Your face is roughly as wide as it is long, but with sharp, defined angles rather than curves.
What to wear: Round and oval frames that soften angular features. The NOVA's classic round shape and the HALO's softer curves create a pleasing contrast against a strong jaw. The key is curves over angles.
What to avoid: Boxy, angular frames that emphasise the squareness of your jaw. A square frame on a square face is too much geometry.
Heart Face
Wider forehead that narrows to a pointed or narrow chin. Cheekbones are often the widest part of the face.
What to wear: Frames that are wider at the bottom or have low-set temples to draw attention downward and balance the wider forehead. Cat-eye frames like the LUNA and IRIS work beautifully — their upswept lines create harmony with a heart-shaped face. Aviators like the DUNE also work because they're wider at the bottom.
What to avoid: Top-heavy frames or decorative brow bars that add visual weight to an already broad forehead.
Oblong Face
Longer than it is wide, with a long, straight cheek line. Forehead, cheekbones, and jawline are roughly the same width.
What to wear: Frames with depth (tall lenses) that break up the length of your face. Oversized round frames, aviators, and large squares all work well. The HALO Ocean and the DUNE Amber both offer the vertical depth needed to balance a long face.
What to avoid: Small, narrow frames that make a long face look even longer.
The Universal Rule
Contrast is king. Round face? Go angular. Square face? Go round. Heart face? Go bottom-heavy. The goal is always balance — letting the frame complement what your face already does well and gently counterbalance what it doesn't.
The Colour Factor
Beyond shape, colour matters more than most people realise. Warm skin tones (golden, olive, bronze undertones) pair naturally with warm frame colours — tortoiseshell, amber, honey, desert tones. Cool skin tones (pink, blue, red undertones) work with black, cobalt, midnight, and violet tones.
Not sure? Tortoiseshell is the universal middle ground. It flatters virtually every skin tone, which is why leopard prints remain the best-selling pattern in eyewear across all brands and demographics.
Try the Frame Studio Range
Frame Studio offers 10 signature models across 27 colour combinations — from round to square, cat-eye to aviator, in colours ranging from deep black to warm amber. Every pair features premium acetate, UV400 protection, and starts at just €49. Find the shape and colour that were made for your face.
