How to choose a hat for your face shape

Instructions, which will be useful to those who frostbitten ears, since I am sure that he did not go cap.

When choosing the autumn and winter hat plays a decisive role not color or style. Cap must comply with the proportions of the face.

How to determine your face shape

Exists different ways. The most accurate - with a tape. Arm it with a pencil and paper to record results. Stand in front of a mirror and make four metering.

1. The width of the forehead. Attach a centimeter to the center of your forehead. Starting point - bending over his left eyebrow, the final - on bend right (or vice versa if you are left handed).
2. The width of the face. Measure the distance between the chines from the projecting part of the zygoma with one side to the other. Usually these points are located under the outer corner of the eye.
3. jaw line length. Route centimeter from the tip of the chin to the jaw angle. Multiply this value by two.
4. The length of the face. Measure the distance from the top of the forehead at the hair line to the tip of the chin.

The values ​​obtained are correlated with the typical shape of the face.

• Oval face. 1.5 times longer than wide. Forehead and chin roughly the same. line of hair growth, and all the angles rounded.
• Round face. The length and width approximately equal. The chin is rounded, arched line of hair growth.
• Rectangular face (oblong). Length markedly greater than the width. Forehead and chin line about the same.
• Square face. The length is the distance between the cheekbones (plus or minus a few centimeters). The width of the forehead and jawline almost identical.
• Triangular face ( "heart"). Broad forehead and cheekbones but narrow pointed chin. line of hair growth arcuate or heart-shaped.
• Pear-shaped face. Big chin line and a small forehead. May be any length.
• Diamond-shaped face ( "diamond"). The distance between the cheekbones is much larger than the line of the forehead and chin. Length as any.

Having defined the shape of the face, you can go to the store for a cap.

Hats for oval faces

TaskNot pulling too long face.

Due to the symmetrical, oval face is considered ideal. Owners of this form can afford almost all hats - from hats to socks, hats (provided that the crown is not much wider than the cheekbones). But still better to avoid too high hats with big pompons. On an oval face look great asymmetrical patterns and models, covering the forehead.

Hats for round face

Task: Visually pull the face.

Contraindicated chubby skinny models and hats that cover the forehead. Help lengthen the face tall hats with big pompons, volumetric Knitting patterns. Welcome any vertical patterns. Suit also Fedorov, berets and caps. Just wear them better asymmetrically and in any case not bearing down on his forehead.

Headgear for a rectangular face

Task: Visually reduce the length and smooth the angularity of the face.

Coped with the task model, creating a horizontal line: rounded cap with volume flaps tied top with earflaps, hats with low crown and wide brim, and a cap. They allow you to hide the forehead and neutralize the long face.

Headgear for a square face

Task: Gently pull the face and soften his features.

Holders of this form does not fit scarves and hats with big decor. To divert attention from the massive chin help model with a rounded silhouette. Try-cap Bini, or takes a short cap visor. Wear them should be on top, without closing the forehead. In winter, good will look fur cap with drooping ears and creative model with pigtails and pompoms dangling.

Hats for the triangular faces

Task: Focus on the cheeks.

Need caps, covering the forehead. The main thing is that they are not too tight fitting. If you have a triangular face, your choice - hats with small fields, cute hats with ears, berets with the landing on the forehead or on one side, fluffy fur model. Asymmetrical cut is welcome.

Hats for pear-shaped face

Task: Visually expand the forehead.

People with pear-shaped face in the fall should buy a hat with a straight or raised fields. Suit fedora, Homburg or derby. Crown they should be wider jawline. Winter hats will look great large knitted and Snudy that are easy to disguise a massive cheekbones and highlight the brow.

Hats for diamond-shaped face

Task: Add volume to the top of the head.

Holders of this face shape when choosing a hat is necessary to focus on the width of the cheekbones. Caps should be no longer, but better a little bit wider than them. Fit caps of all colors, and hats with straight margins, if you wear them, moving sideways. Caps must be three-dimensional. If the person is not too stretched, you can afford hats and other high fur model.