Style
Choosing a shape
Contrast with the face, a frame that fits its width, and when to ignore both.
Contrast, then width
The common advice is contrast: rounder frames soften an angular face, and angular frames give a round face structure. It is a starting point, not a rule.
Width matters more than shape. A frame about as wide as the face, with the eyes near the centre of each lens, tends to look right whatever its shape.
Trying on from home
Shops show frames on a face or flat, rarely both. Compare the listed lens width and total width with a pair you own, and read the shop’s returns terms before you buy more than one pair to try.
In the shops
Round frames
Nothing in the shops matches today.