Which Glasses Look Best on Each Face Shape? Men’s Eyewear Guide

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Personal stylists share how to pick the best frame shape, color, and style

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Best Frames by Face Shape

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Choosing glasses frames that complement your natural face shape can make you look polished, balanced, and confident—but which frames go best with each face shape? Keep scrolling to check out the best frame shapes and styles for each men’s face shape and how to choose a color that accentuates your eyes, skin tone, and hair, all with tips from professional personal stylists Kalee Hewlett and Paul Julch, MA.

Best Men’s Glasses Styles by Face Shape

Personal stylist Kalee Hewlett explains that your face shape is the most important factor when it comes to choosing glasses frames. Here are the best frames to try:

Oval face: Almost any frame shape (minus some oval or round frames)
Square face: Wayframe, browline, oval, aviators, round, or wrap frames
Round face: Rectangle, square, aviators, or wrap frames
Heart face: Rectangle, aviators, geometric, or wrap frames
Diamond face: Oval, aviators, round, browline, or wrap frames
Rectangle face: Wayframe, browline, oval, aviators, round, geometric, or wrap frames
Triangle face: Rectangle, browline, oval, aviators, geometric, or wrap frames

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Best Frames for Each Male Face Shape

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Oval faces An oval face is the most balanced and versatile men’s face shape of all. If you have an oval face, it means your face is slightly longer than it is wide, with your forehead slightly wider than your jaw. Your jaw angle is also on the rounded side, rather than sharp.^{[1]
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Research source} Since there aren’t any proportions you have to rebalance, you can try nearly any frame shape or style you like!
- As Hewlett puts it, “You have to go with [your face shape] as your first and foremost guideline. Some people are lucky that they can just wear any type of frame and it's like [their face] just really suits glasses.”^{[2]
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  Expert Interview} However, something as wide or wider than the broadest part of your face (the forehead) will maintain your natural balance.^{[3]
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- Best frame shapes to try: Almost any frame will flatter an oval-shaped face.
- Frame shapes to avoid: Oval or round frames.
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Kalee Hewlett is a personal stylist and image consultant with almost two decades of experience helping clients build confidence and dress for success.

Paul Julch, MA is a personal stylist with over 25 years of experience working with clients to make getting dressed easier, less time-consuming, and more enjoyable.
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Square faces Square faces typically have a strong, angled jaw and broad forehead, with the width and length of the face being roughly equal. To elongate your face and soften some of the harder angles, choose narrow frame shapes that are wider than they are deep (and avoid frames with sharp angles like squares, rectangles, or other geometric shapes).^{[4]
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- Best frame shapes to try: Classic wayframe, browline, oval, aviators, round, or wrap.
- Frame shapes to avoid: Rectangle, square, or geometric.
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Round faces A round face is about as tall as it is wide and has a soft, less defined jawline.^{[5]
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Research source} When it comes to glasses, something angular that can elongate your face and make it appear thinner is the way to go. Choose shapes like rectangles, squares, or “butterfly” lenses (where the edge of the lens near your nose is shorter than the outer edge). Essentially, anything with squared-off corners is a good look.^{[6]
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- Best frame shapes to try: Rectangle, square, aviators, or wrap.
- Frame shapes to avoid: Classic wayframe, browline, oval, round, or geometric.
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Heart faces A heart-shaped face resembles an inverted triangle—the forehead is the widest part of the face, the high cheekbones are wider than the jaw, and the chin comes to a point.^{[7]
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Research source} Choose frame shapes that are wider at the bottom to balance the width at the top of your face. Thin frames or rimless frames that give you a light, airy appearance work well here, too!^{[8]
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- Best frame shapes to try: Rectangle, aviators, geometric, or wrap.
- Frame shapes to avoid: Square, classic wayframe, browline, oval, or round.
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Diamond faces Diamond faces are defined by a narrow forehead and jawline with broad, usually high cheekbones. Frames that highlight your eyes and soften the angular features of your face are typically a good look—think ovals, circles, browline frames, or rimless glasses.^{[9]
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Research source} Browline frames can add some weight to the top of your face and balance out your features, especially if you have facial hair that adds width to the bottom of your face.
- Best frame shapes to try: Oval, aviators, round, browline, or wrap.
- Frame shapes to avoid: Rectangle, square, classic wayframe, or geometric.
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Rectangle/oblong faces A rectangular or oblong face shape is longer than it is wide, with a long, straight cheek line (the forehead, cheekbones, and jaw are all similar in size).^{[10]
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Research source} Try frame shapes that have a bit of depth to make your face appear shorter and more balanced. Classic wayframes and browline frames are a good choice, as are some oval and circle frames. If your face looks particularly narrow, a wider frame design can make you look more proportionate as well.^{[11]
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- Best frame shapes to try: Classic wayframe, browline, oval, aviators, round, geometric, or wrap.
- Frame shapes to avoid: Rectangle or square.
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Paul Julch, MA
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Paul Julch is a Personal Wardrobe Stylist, Speaker, and the founder of Urbanite | Suburbanite, a wardrobe styling business in the San Francisco Bay Area. With over 25 years in the fashion industry, Paul works with clients to make getting dressed easier, less time consuming, and more enjoyable. Paul has years of experience in retail visual merchandising - styling windows, displays, and floor sets for Banana Republic, Gap, and Express. He also has experience styling fashion photo shoots and corporate videos. Paul holds a BS Degree in Management from State University of New York at Binghamton, an MA in Clinical Psychology from Long Island University. He also studied Interior Design at the University of California, Berkeley.

Paul Julch, MA
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You really want something that helps balance your frame. I specifically have more of a long, narrow face, and I wear glasses, so I want glasses that are more horizontal because they counteract the length of my face.
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Triangle faces A triangular face shape is narrowest at the forehead and widens at the cheek and chin/jaw. To add width to the top of your face, try frames that have more detailing along the top of the frame, like a browline design, or other shapes that add width, like rectangles or aviators. Avoid shapes that may add depth, like circles or wayframes.^{[12]
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- Best frame shapes to try: Rectangle, browline, oval, aviators, geometric, or wrap.
- Frame shapes to avoid: Square, classic wayframe, or round.

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Choosing Frame Colors

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Choose frames that accentuate your eye color. Your glasses frame your eyes, so choose a frame color that really makes them pop! For example:^{[13]
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- Blue eyes: Blue, brown, gray, or tortoise frames
- Brown eyes: Black, gold, green, or tortoise frames
- Green eyes: Brown, gold, pink, or purple frames
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Consider frames that complement your hair color, too. “[Choosing glasses] also comes down to the haircut and color you have,” Hewlett adds. “If you’re blonde, you might want to go for something a lot lighter in the frame. If you’ve got black hair, and you have a lot of it, you might want to go for something more directional, like a dark black frame or something in a navy blue.”^{[14]
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- Blonde hair: Black, blue, pink, or purple frames
- Brunette hair: Black, blue, red, or gold frames
- Black hair: Black, blue, bronze, or rose gold frames
- Gray hair: Floral, tortoise, red, or purple frames
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Pick a frame color that flatters your skin tone. Skin tones fall into two broad camps—warm and cool. Warm undertones have yellow, peach, or golden hues and green-appearing veins, while cool undertones are pink or blue with blue- or purple-looking veins. Here are some frame colors to consider:^{[15]
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- Warm tones: Brown, gold, pink, orange, clear, red, green, striped, or yellow frames
- Cool tones: Black, gray, pink, purple, tortoise, or blue frames

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Other Considerations for Choosing Frames

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Your style and aesthetic “Glasses add a whole other dimension to your look, and you could look really fashion-forward by simply putting on your frames,” Hewlett explains. “Consider your specific look. What do you want to convey to people? Do you want more of an intellectual, authoritative look? Or do you want more of a chic kind of look?”^{[16]
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- For example, bold colors, thick frames, and uncommon shapes (like aviators, wraps, or geometric frames) stand out and are great for making a statement and calling attention to your glasses.
- On the other hand, subtle colors, light frames, and traditional frame shapes stand out less and may seem more professional and low-key.
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How prominent you want your glasses to be If you want your glasses to stand out, choose thick frames, a vibrant color, or a string frame shape (like aviators or sharp rectangles) to make a statement. But, if you prefer a more subtle look, “go for clear frames because they have less visual interruption toward seeing your face,” explains Julch.^{[17]
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Expert Interview} Neutral colors, thinner frames, and frames that complement your face shape can also make your glasses blend more harmoniously with your natural features.