The Best Hats For Every Face Shape

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Just like discovering the perfect pair of jeans or LBD that highlights your body shape, finding hats that suit and compliment your face shape can be a real confidence booster. If you're new to wearing hats (or have never given them much thought), this is the perfect place to start. Just remember though, the most important style rule - any hat worn with confidence will always look great!

Heart Face Shapes

While wide-brimmed hats work well for a long face, they don’t tend to do heart-shaped faces any favours. Not only can they make wider faces look wider, but they amplify certain features like the jaw and cheekbones. Instead, look for a style that includes a short brim and set angles, such as a soft, suede classic cap, baseball cap or something within the fedora family. These styles compliment a more narrow-looking jaw because their width doesn’t extend beyond the cheekbones. Hats with a shorter brim and less pronounced crown are ideal because they don’t overwhelm and visually slim the look of the forehead to make it appear more narrow.

BEST STYLES - Baseball Cap. Cadet . Cloche . Bucket . Fedora Styles

Round Face Shapes

For those with a rounder face, it’s best to avoid any style that will make your features appear even softer or fuller. Essentially, you’ll need to avoid anything round, low to the head such as a floppy, sun, cloche or bucket hat. Instead, opt for styles that create a bit of length via a tall or shallow crown, angular hats, fedora’s and any that you can position further toward the back of your head. These will help create more length and provide a contrast to the roundness of the face. Hats with vertical design details or angles will always work best as they can help emphasis your bone structure, unlike floppy hats, soft brims and berets.

BEST STYLES - Medium To Long Brim Fedoras . Porkpies . Boater Styles

Rectangle & Oblong Face Shapes

If your face tends to be longer and more rectangular in appearance, aim to avoid hats that have a high or shallow crown or include a short brim. These hats will make your face appear even longer, as they tend to be positioned at the top of your hairline. Instead, try to find hats with wide brims and fitted crowns. These help to visually create the illusion of width instead of length. Think cowboy styles, sun hats and anything with a wide brim.

BEST STYLES - Hats with Full Brims - Bucket . Floppy . Sun . Cowboy . Boater . Bowler Styles

Diamond Face Shapes

Similar to rounded face shapes, those with a diamond face shape will want to look for hats that create the illusion of elongation and length and make your forehead appear broader. These styles will typically feature medium to large-sized brims and a flicked edge that create more shape around the face. This can also be done by wearing your hats further back and at the base of your hairline (just before your forehead). A hat with a shallow crown will also do the trick. Try to avoid anything floppy or hats that are typically worn straight across your forehead.  

BEST STYLES - Hats with Large Brims - Floppy . Sun . Boater . Bucket Styles

Square & Triangle Face Shapes

For more angular face shapes, it’s best to choose styles that soften your angles. This includes everything from slouchy and floppy hats to beanies and circular styles – anything that’s easy to throw on and feels effortlessly cool. Wearing these styles at an angle is great for maximum impact too. For Triangular Face Shapes, opt for any styles that add width at the forehead. Choose hats that include crowns with some height but not too much as you’ll lengthen the look of the face. Keep in mind, hats with strong angles may accentuate the angles along the jaw, cheekbones or forehead which is best to avoid.

BEST STYLES - Floppys . Sun . Cloche . Bucket . Bowler Styles

Oval Face Shapes

Those with an oval face shape have the most aesthetically proportionate face shape and therefore many hat styles will suit you. Your best styles through are hats that have large brims that are either floppy or straight and no wider than your shoulders. Aim to keep your body height and size in mind and choose hats that compliment your proportions - eg. if you are short or have a small bone structure avoid hats that are too large or oversized.

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