A visit to your local optician can give you the opportunity to choose from a massive range of designer labels - without having to travel too far.

All the top opticians now stock designer label frames and sunglasses, so it's a neat way of getting hold of designer labels at a reasonable cost.

All the big names from Christian Dior to Diesel do ranges, and the only problem for the customer is choosing which ones to go for.

There are a few basic rules when it comes to choosing the right spectacles for your face shape - and that applies as much to sunglasses as to ordinary specs.

Because everyone's face is different it is important to pick the right glasses to suit yours. If you have a round face then large round frames are a no-no - they'll just make you look like Billy Bunter. Instead look out for angular frames, to slim chubby cheekbones. If your face is square, try on wide glasses or round frames, while those with long faces need to pick strong frames to shorten their look.

Oval frames best suit heart-shaped faces.

Look at the way your glasses complement the whole shape of your face. Ones with a heavy lower line will balance out a face wider at the top than the bottom - and vice-versa. Coloured frames are making a comeback - these best suit dark complexions - they can make palefaces look washed out, but the slim, rimless lens suits almost everyone. You may have to try on dozens of pairs before you pick the ones that are just right for you. It's wise to take a trusted friend with you to advise you, but whatever style you pick you know that you'll be taking home a piece of designer chic that you'll wear and wear!

l Our thanks to celebrity models Welsh rugby legend Scott Quinnell and Katie Flood, of Haverfordwest.

Katie one of Pembrokeshire's up and coming singers. In August 2004 she won the Pembrokeshire Idol competition. She has since launched her first CD called Waterfall, named after the song which she composed with another local singer Clare Harrison.

Katie chose to give all the profits of the CD to the Chemotherapy Day Hospital, Ward 10, Withybush Hospital.

The CD priced £7.50 is available from the Western Telegraph office in Merlins Bridge, Haverfordwest.

The pictures, by Norman Owen, were taken at Specsavers, Haverfordwest; Maggs, Haverfordwest, and Pritchard and Cowburn, Narberth. The model at Celia Vlismas, Narberth, (pictured top) was Sue Moore.