Choosing glasses to suit your style

We recently welcomed award-winning personal stylist Jacqui Cooper into our Wakefield practice for an eye examination. Choosing the right accessories to match your personality is something Jacqui is an expert on so we thought who better to ask to provide an insight on finding the right glasses to suit your style.

"Your eyewear should be an extension of who you are, rather than a purchase of the latest trend. Let’s not ignore the fact that, yes, they need to be functional, but other aspects take precedence for each of us. It might be what’s fun, what makes a statement, what’s pretty, what’s practical or perhaps they are budget-driven"

Jacqui’s top tips for choosing the right glasses for you …

Step 1: Be prepared to spend oodles of time trying on frames, just like getting the perfect pair of jeans, it’s a numbers thing.

Step 2: Know your face shape.

Step 3: Understand your Style Profile. As with clothing style, once you know the key elements the frames are easy to select. For example, if your dominant style is dramatic, this needs to be reflected in your frames, so they feel ‘you’. 

Step 4: Colour. Work within a colour spectrum which means the colour will work with your clothing style – even if you stick to neutrals for simplicity.

Step 5: Consider skin tone, are you warm or cool? Match the frame to your skin tone for optimal alignment. Metals are a fail-safe option. Silver = Cool. Gold = Warm.