Best Sunglasses for Your Face Shape & Skin Tone

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00:00 Introduction

00:36 Basically, we try to understand what the outline of your face is, not the actual measurements.

00:52 Again, the goal of measuring is not to yield precise measurements but simply to get a better understanding of the proportions between the length and the width of your face.

01:11 First, you want to measure the length of your face as an outline. Second, you want to do the width of the forehead, the width of your cheeks, and the width of your jaw. All of these measurements should be taken at the widest point in outline so it's important to keep your measurement flat and not adjusted on your face.

01:40 OBLONG
An oblong face is longer than it is wide. Your jawline, cheeks, and your forehead are all about the same width.

Go for larger sunglasses. What's also good for oblong face shape is a thicker frame. You should avoid frameless sunglasses as well as small ones.

02:29 HEART
Your jawline is pointed and your cheeks are wider and your forehead is even wider, creating kind of an inverted triangle.

You want sunglasses that point down to accentuate your jawline so you create a harmonious overall look.

03:04 SQUARE
As long as it is wide. The jawline, cheek, and forehead are all about the same width.

Go with sunglasses that have round shapes because it harmonizes well with your otherwise square lines.

You definitely avoid square sunglasses because otherwise, you'll look like a box.

03:34 OVAL
Think about it like an egg upside down. A longer face than it is wide. The forehead is a little wider and then your jawline is a little slimmer.

If that's you, basically, you have the sunglass jackpot because you can wear any kind of sunglasses and they will all look good on you.

03:57 ROUND
As long as it is wide with a wide cheek line, slimmer jawline, and slimmer forehead.

Go for a geometrical pattern or something more square because again, you want to create that even, balanced effect so if you have a round face, you have the sharper corners to make you look good.

04:27 DIAMOND
Wide cheekbones, pointy chin, a slightly slimmer forehead.

You want something that's not too big and somewhat round. If you want a pair of wayfarers, skip the big ones and get the slightly smaller version.

04:50 SKIN TONE
To determine your skin tone, look at the inside of your forearm. Go outside for natural light.

If you have pale skin, your forearm has a bluish and slightly pinkish undertone, you should go with pastel-colored frames or maybe blue. Other tones are too harsh and simply won't look good on you.

If you have medium colored skin with yellow and green undertones, you want something like a tortoiseshell, brown, amber, or green because it harmonizes best with your skin tone. If you have pink and blue undertones, it's a cool skin tone and colors like blue, red, brown, or even green work well for you.

If you have darker skin with a warm yellowish or green undertone, go with metal frames in dark brown, or cognac, maybe even amber because that's the best color scheme for that skin tone.

When you have dark skin with a cool undertone, you want strong, dark colors such as black, dark blue, or dark brown because it creates the best balance between the contrast of your skin tone and your sunglasses.

06:11 Alright, so in order to find the best pair of sunglasses for you, you got to understand what your face shape is, what works for you.

Once you determine your skin tone, you can really narrow down what type of sunglasses work for you and it'll be much easier to pick the right ones from the 500 other ones you find at stores.

I have kind of an oblong face shape so I go with a larger frame that is slightly thicker and I have this kind of tortoiseshell color with the darker lenses and it goes really well with my overall medium skin tone that is slightly more yellowish and green with the undertones.
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Gentleman's Gazette

[blue]

When you click on a video about best glasses for your face shape and within the first 10 secs the guy has glasses on that don't even suit him slightly XD

[duybankai]

The tortoise glasses in the first 10 seconds look so weird on you dude! It looks too big and goofy!

[latetotheparty]

Per usual, you raise the bar by addressing both proportion and color. Well done!

[siddhantsoni]

This guy cracks me up when he tries on all those glasses

[dainforsythe]

Late stepping in here, and I must say . . . again you take it just one step further than the rest - and still keep it under eight to ten minutes: thorough, accurate, helpful, backed by history, and experience. Thanks again and cheers!

[xyy]

Love that you added the skin tone part!

[ProgressivePatriot]

Thanks, Raphael! This is a good starting place for me to find a pair of sunglasses that go nicely with classic menswear. Unfortunately, I have a giant noggin (probably because the rest of me is giant sized as well) so I'm still looking for glasses that are wide enough for my face, but not weirdly so.

[Nishank.]

i literally had to watch this in 1.25x speed

[MrVenescence]

Nice video. I was wondering if for measuring our face, taking a photo with good lighting, from face can be pertinent. The photo will be flat, so you can measure the apparent wideness and lengthness without being wronged by the relief of the face. I will be glad to have your opinion on this technic :)

[alynar]

All you need its confidence and you'll rock your any shape

[girijeshkr]

I've never seen such weird sunglasses which u wore at the end saying those look best on u.. u deserve a lot better than these. 😄

[bosteroyboliviano]

But how can you give so many advices and not following them yourself? Just the black circulars looked good on you.

[ariasmathew]

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[rahimaakhter]

Was really helpful.... best video on this topic I have came across....
Thanks a ton

[JB-szwy]

I don't often wear sunglasses although for men aviators used to be the classic standard, one does not have to be steadfast to them and I think that either the rectangular or a quality attractive pair of Wayfarer sunglasses are good for men aswell. I have prescription ones and an ESP shield - that also believe it or not these days they can be engineered to be cool and you can wear them on other glasses aswell

[mandeepbaweja]

Clubmasters suit me the best and i own i also love Aviators as they r pretty comfortable and light weight to wear :)

[stylishoversixty]

Truly informative video thanks another wonderful job!

[saichaitanyaalamuri]

Oval shape and medium dark skin which color and which type of frames suits..?

[sangarobert]

You are a brilliant teacher keep on sir

[amilcarpolanen]

does a bigger nose make a difference in the choice ?