The Eyeglasses Guide, Part II: The Right Pair for Your Face & How to Buy

About this video

The Gentleman’s Gazette team provides a comprehensive guide to selecting eyeglasses based on face shape and skin tone. They explain how to measure and identify six face shapes, recommend frame styles for each, discuss how to determine skin undertones and suitable frame colors accordingly, and weigh the pros and cons of purchasing glasses online versus in-store.

Key takeaways

• The Gazette team recommends measuring your forehead, cheekbones, jawline, and face length to determine which of six face shapes you have: oblong, heart-shaped, square, oval, round, or diamond
• The Gazette team argues that frame selection should contrast with face shape characteristics—for example, round frames for square faces and rectangular frames for round faces
• The Gazette team suggests identifying your skin undertone (warm, cool, or neutral) by examining veins on your inner arm in natural light, then selecting frame colors that complement that undertone
• The Gazette team presents tradeoffs between in-store purchases (professional fitting and same-day repairs) and online shopping (transparent pricing and greater selection)

Episode details: published September 28, 2018 · 100K views · 12:08 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. The style guidance summarized here is the Gentleman’s Gazette team’s own teaching and opinion, presented for education; product recommendations are theirs, not ours. Summaries are written by Self Growth Videos from each video itself.

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