FRAMING AUSTRALIAN FACES

Play down wide cheekbones with clear and rimless frames or seek styles with a defined bottom to balance a wider upper face.

Oversized acetate frames and top-heavy clubmaster styles overpower Kite features.

Balance the upper and lower parts of the Heart face shape with clubmaster and oversized

Cats-eye frames unnecessarily accentuate the Heart’s wide forehead.

Rectangle faces are suited to round and oval frames to soften prominent features such as strong jaws.

Exaggerated square frames accentuate the jaw line.

Oval faces accommodate almost any frame that’s no wider than the broadest part of the face. Cats-eyes, clubmasters, square or rectangle oversized plastic frames suit, covering the mid face to balance the natural length.

Too-narrow frames create the illusion of unwanted facial length.

Balance softer features with angular square or rectangular frames that sit beneath the brow line.

Large frames, heavy nose bridges, bold colours and round shapes visually widen Round faces.

Slightly rounded edges soften angular features. Frames that sit higher on the face, such as cats-eye styles, balance a sharp jawline.

Clear, square or rectangular frames exaggerate square jaws and brows.

Small, narrow, rectangular frames in light metals show more of this typically smaller face.

Wide, heavy and oversized frames shrink and narrow the Teardrop face.

Choose large or oversized frames that have thick acetate - the bigger the better.

Small, narrow and metal frames overplay the Heptagon’s wide cheekbones and foreheads.

Thick, oversized acetate frames balance wide, long features. Thick, rounded frames also suit Oblongs.

Clear rimless frames exaggerate length and width.