PARIS—Silmo bestowed its 30th annual Silmo d'Or Awards last weekend during the French eyewear show and exhibition held here from Sept. 29–Oct. 2. At the ceremony, honors were bestowed upon a range of eyewear, sunwear and technology companies, whose products were judged by an invitational jury of experts, according to an announcement by show organizers. All the awards and a brief description of each and an image are posted here on the show's website.
The 2023 winners include: Children, Etnia Barcelona with Ba-Baang; Sport, Marchon with Nike Fly Free; Vision Visual Health, EssilorLuxottica with Varilux XR Series; Vision Optical System: Morrow with Morrow EProgressives; Material/Equipment: Saargos with QuickSee Free from Plenoptika; Optical Frame Brands & Label: ODLM-Seaport with CC 1086 Vedo, Carven; Ecological Innovation in Eyewear: Sbrusset & Co. with Meyro-Nde; Sunglasses Eyewear Designer: Andy Wolf with Blossom Col. 05; and Optical Frame Eyewear Designer: Cutler & Gross with 9126 Lunettes Cat-Eye.
Premier Classe Show Award: Veronika with Lane and the Special Jury Prize: Lafont with Ouvrage.
A list of all the companies nominated for the 2023 Silmo d'Or are posted here.