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CHARMANT awarded as a 2025 Ultimate Partner in Jobson’s Vision Monday and 20/20 Magazine reader survey. This is the programs fifth year, allowing readers of both publications to highlight their great business support partners and showcase their efforts. Open to all eyecare professionals, an online survey was conducted, providing details about their most valuable partners by answering the following questions: what supplier/business partner stepped up and illuminated new and

20/20 Magazine Interviewed CHARMANT USA Inc.'s VP of Sales, Bill Hurst, About The New Brand ‘CHARMANT Japanese Made’. A piece written by 20/20 Magazine's Fashion Editor, Victoria Garcia. To read the full article, visit: https://www.2020mag.com/article/bill-hurst-vp-sales-charmant-usa?uid=EF8C8E5EDD28EBF9AA994EDB70452507 To learn more about CHARMANT Japanese Made, visit https://www.2020mag.com/article/charmant-japanese-made-charmant-usa?%%STOP%%uid=%%$md5_email%% About 20

(Morris Plains, NJ) (May 2025) – Charmant USA Inc. announces new “Charmant: Japanese Made” eyewear to be launched June 2025, showcasing a next-generation “Motion Tech” temple technology. Charmant: Japanese Made tagline is “Your Life In Motion.“ Charmant: Japanese Made will be produced in Japan, the birthplace and headquarters of Charmant Group. Japanese Made exemplifies precision and attention to the finest detail. Japan, known for its quality and premium craftsmanship, verif

CHARMANT Group (CHARMANT) and HEAD have just announced a landmark partnership: from January 2025, CHARMANT will exclusively take on the design, development and distribution of HEAD optical frames and sunglasses. The first new products of this collaboration will be launched in autumn 2025. 4th November 2024 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Top Japanese eyewear producer CHARMANT Group has signed an exclusive, global licensing agreement with premium sports brand HEAD for the creation and

Luxurious and confident eyewear for an impressive physique. Trending modern shapes and modish vintage-inspired eyewear to meet the larger stature. Isaac Mizrahi New York released their first-ever men’s optical and sunglass collection, concentrated on “Big Vision” for an impressive physique. Isaac Mizrahi New York men’s collection is based upon classic iconic American design, translated into a timely manner. Shapes and silhouettes are classic, clean, and refined, while the exe

Koji Horikawa, Executive Managing Director was approved as the new President and Chief Executive Officer by the shareholder meeting On Feb 29, 2024, at the CHARMANT Inc. CHARMANT GROUP ANNOUNCES NEW PRESIDENT AND CEO, KOJI HORIKAWA SABAE, Japan (Feb. 29, 2024) — CHARMANT Group – a leading producer of top-quality, comfortable eyewear, is pleased to announce the appointment of new President and CEO.Koji Horikawa, Executive Managing Director was approved as the new President and

Each December, international color authority The Pantone Color Institute reveals its choice of color of the year. For 2023, this special color is Viva Magenta. What is colour? Our eyes discern wavelengths in reflected light, creating the different colors that we see. Color communicates to us like a visual language. It sends us messages that cross borders, generations and genders. Individual colors create feelings that can affect our moods. For example, red or yellow are perce

CHARMANT USA’S Vice President of Operations, Dee Berghuys Was Nominated as Vision Monday’s 2022 Most Influential Women in The Optical Industry Morris Plains, NJ – July 2 nd , 2022 – CHARMANT, the provider of high-quality, high-comfort eyewear, has just announced CHARMANT USA’S Vice President of Operations, Dee Berghuys, was nominated in Vision Monday’s 2022 Most Influential Women in The Optical Industry in the Executive Suite category. An ad was placed on page 12 of Vision

It is one of the world’s most prestigious design awards and a global sign for outstanding creations. The competition was intense: almost 11,000 entries were submitted from 57 countries in hopes of receiving the seal of quality. CHARMANT's Japanese eyewear brand Minamoto wins iF Design Award 2022 CHARMANT Group presented its new Minamoto brand for the first time at Silmo Paris in 2021. The reaction from customers and business partners was instantaneously and consistently posit

Three symbolic pillars This CHARMANT monument was recently built up in front of our headquarters in Japan. The three artistic eyewear objects stand for our key pillars: Comfort | Creation | Challenge Our hometwon of Sabae is a sacred place for optical frames with a share of 95% national production in Japan. From this place we have grown and developed as the CHARMANT Group. These three art objects express our hope to bring our high quality and well thought out products into th

License renewal after 25 years of loyal partnership We are proud to announce the extension of our long-term collaboration with French fashion and lifestyle brand ELLE by an additional five years. News of the renewal of the license comes just as we celebrate the 25th year of our successful international collaboration: it was back in 1996 that we first signed up to create and market ELLE frames and have since managed to establish ELLE as a leading eyewear brand. ELLE has become

Start of production of newly developed face shields that reduce the risk of corona virus infection We are ready to produce and supply newly developed face shields that reduce the exposure to droplets which may contain corona virus. The first donation of 5,050 face shields and 2,000 goggles will be made to the Fukui prefecture in Japan to be used by medical professionals. CHARMANT has developed this general-purpose face shield "CHARMANT SHIELD" to help in response to the coron

10 years of joy in wearing glasses The Line Art Charmant collection was launched in the US 10 years ago. It was created with the goal of achieving the ultimate in frame wearing comfort, a level of comfort unknown in the world to date. However, it took a lot of time and effort before Line Art could be launched. Many people did their utmost to make this special eyewear collection reality. The key to Line Art’s comfort lies in the flexibility of the material, the way it gently s