Sunglasses for Your Face Shape: A Guide for Men
Most face-shape guides are written for women and then copied over. This one is for men, uses our own frames as the examples, and tells you which parts of the advice you can ignore.
First, find your shape in ten seconds
Stand in front of a mirror, or open your phone camera, and look at three things: is your face longer than it is wide, where is it widest, and is the jaw rounded or squared off. That gives you one of five shapes. If you would rather not guess, the camera face check on this site does it in your browser; nothing is uploaded.
Round face: add angles
Full cheeks, a soft jaw, width and length about equal. The frame's job is to add the structure the face does not have, so go square, rectangular or navigator, and pick a lens that is slightly wider than your cheekbones. The Chairman and Aviator both do this with a flat brow bar; the six-sided Banker does it with corners. Avoid small round frames, which repeat the curve. See all frames for a round face.
Oval face: almost anything, mind the width
Longer than wide, jaw a little narrower than the forehead. This is the shape frames are designed on, so square, navigator, rectangle and round all work. The only mistake is width: a frame wider than the cheekbones looks borrowed, and one much narrower makes the face look longer. Use the millimetre sizes on each listing. See frames for an oval face.
Square face: soften the corners
Strong jaw, flat forehead, width close to length. Rounded and oval frames take the edge off; a navigator with a curved lower edge does too. The Scholar, a rounded square, and the Banker, whose cut corners read softer than a true square, both work. Sharp rectangles with thick rims tend to make the jaw look heavier.
Heart face: balance the top
Wide forehead, narrow chin. A frame that is heavier at the bottom than the top, or rimless so there is no visual weight at all, balances it. The rimless Voyager and Ambassador, and the semi-rimless Draft, are the obvious picks. Avoid a heavy top bar.
Long face: go wider and deeper
Noticeably longer than wide. A tall lens shortens the face; a wide frame does too. Oversized squares like the Commander and the deep-lensed Architect suit it. Narrow, shallow lenses make the face look longer.
The part you can ignore
All of this is guidance, not a rule. Plenty of people wear the "wrong" shape well, and fit matters more than shape: a frame that sits on your cheeks or pinches at the temples looks wrong whatever its outline. Every listing on this site gives lens width, bridge and arm length in millimetres, so compare with a pair you already own. A pair within about 9 mm total will sit the same way. The size guide explains how to measure.
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