Since the number of people who need vision aid is so large, the diversity of needs is supposed to be correspondingly wide and large. It is the opticians’ responsibility to measure patients’ prescriptions and the responsibility of precise lens fitting relies on both opticians and lens manufacturers. During the long history of prescription eyeglasses, proper and precise lens fitting has been followed strictly according to patients’ prescriptions. Getting Rx lenses appropriately fitted based on individual visual needs has been considered as a task of the highest priority. After getting this task well finished, eyewear manufacturers and distributors have also paid much attention to customers’ varied needs in terms of frame shape, frame material, frame style, frame color, lens material and so forth. In this article, we will focus on frame shape and discuss in detail rectangle eyeglasses.
Everyone has a basic facial shape falling into seven major standards, namely, round, oval, oblong, base-down triangle, base-up triangle, diamond and square. Even if there are some variations, these seven facial shapes can cover the vast majority of people all over the world. Recognizing personal facial shape is the first step of determining whether rectangle eyeglasses are personally suitable. Any pair of prescription eyeglasses will stay on the wearer’s face if it is expected to function properly. So, the overall appearance of the eyewear is closely associated with the match-up between frame shape and facial shape. Eye care professionals have reached an agreement that the frame shape should contrast with the wearer’s face shape. Following this rule or suggestion can make your purchase a successful one.
Knowing the guideline stated above, it is still necessary to recommend rectangle eyeglasses exactly to certain groups of people. A rectangle eyeglass frame usually has sharp angles or strong lines. This feature is a good “tool” to offset the curved lines featured by a round face which has the width and length in the same proportions. A round face has almost no angles. According to the above rule, rectangle eyewear is most suitable for round faces. Another group of people who can benefit well from rectangle glasses is those who have an oval face.
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