Half Wire Sunglasses for People With Small Faces
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Need Half Wire Sunglasses for People with Small Faces?
If half wire sunglasses for people with small faces is the style you seek, chances are you won't have a hard time finding your match. Eyeglass frames tend to be falling into two categories these days: big, bulky, and plastic, for one; small, discreet, wire, and partially rimless for the other.
The Beauty of Them All
Small glasses will add balance to a small face. They're also often available in unusual shapes (and the usual ones!) for additional symmetry and fashion statement.
Half wire sunglasses aren't even as fragile as you might think. The lenses aren't just hanging in midair, as they sometimes appear to be. They're attached via a groove in the bottom of the lens that houses a small length of fishing wire-like material. The line ties to the inner and outer corners of the frame. So you can look good and have fewer worries.
Half wire styles tend to stand out less on your face. If you have a small face, that adds the benefit of keeping your sunglasses from overpowering your features, which is probably easily done with most styles. You want people to see you—not your sunglasses. Your sunglasses are an accessory. When the wire or plastic doesn't go all the way around the lenses, the sunglasses appear less prominent (but still stylish).
Downsides to Small Sunglasses
The downsides have more to do with the size of the sunglasses than the fact that they're made of wire. If your face is small and you buy small sunglasses, the risk factor for UV exposure is lessened at least a little. Still, the bigger the sunglasses, the more protection your eyes and skin get. So while you're shopping for small frames, consider going as large as you can as is proportional to your face.
You don't have to swallow your face up with a pair of giant movie star-esque sunglasses but a few millimeters from top to bottom or side to side per lens can make a small difference.
One more downside is only an issue if you're looking for prescription sunglasses. If you wear contacts, don't need vision correction, or you only need reading glasses or glasses for seeing at a distance, small sunglasses won't present an extra problem for you. However, if you need bifocals, trifocals, progressive bifocals (especially these), it could be hard to fit your prescription into such an abbreviated frame and lens combination.
If your lenses are very small, you may find yourself looking down and out from below the glasses when reading. Another possibility is that the depth of a progressive bifocal won't all be left on the lens, stopping short before offering you the reading power you need at the bottom of the lenses.
If you must have very small prescription sunglasses and you need bifocal, trifocal, or progressive lenses, ask your optician if the best option is to buy separate reading and distance glasses, to try fitting the whole prescription on the lenses, or to split a trifocal need into one pair of sunglasses that has distance and intermediate prescriptions (so you can drive and see at roughly arms' length to keep an eye on your gauges) and a pair of reading sunglasses.
Other Styles for Small Faces
If you have a really small face, don't be embarrassed to browse the kids' and teens' sections. There will be fewer limitations. In addition to that, you'll have access to some of the newer, trendier styles. If you thought you could never wear the cute plastic frames, think again. You just might be able to if you look into the lines designed specifically for people with smaller faces. Adult lines may just leave you feeling like there's no company out there that caters to your needs.
Wire Sunglasses for Other Face Shapes
For longer or wider faces, small sunglasses may not be the most proportional fit. However, you can still shop for half wire styles. Just go with something that has a deeper or wider frame. Partially rimless styles may look hot on small faces, but that doesn’t mean you can't wear them, too. You just need to improvise.
The good news is, even if you wear a complicated prescription (as with the bifocals, trifocals, and progressive lenses mentioned above), you won't have a hard time finding a pair of sunglasses that fit all your needs simultaneously.
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