page_title: Ermenegildo Zegna
section_title: Foundation and early years
hierarchical_section_title: Ermenegildo Zegna / History / Foundation and early years
caption_attribution_description: English: Ermenegildo Zegna, founder of Italian luxury brand Zegna Italiano: Ermenegildo Zegna, fondatore dell'omonima azienda d'abbigliamento di lusso
context_page_description: Ermenegildo Zegna is an Italian luxury fashion house. Founded by Ermenegildo Zegna in 1910, in Trivero, Biella Province of the Piedmont Region of Northern Italy, Ermenegildo Zegna remains one of the most renowned businesses in Italy.
context_section_description: Prior to the founding of the company, founder Ermenegildo Zegna's father Angelo – a former watchmaker – owned a wool mill and looms in the Alps of Piedmont, Italy. Ermenegildo, together with his brothers Edoardo and Mario, founded the company in 1910 in Trivero in the Biellese Alps when he was only 18, utilizing his father's looms and assets. In 1915 the company was renamed Fratelli Zegna di Angelo.
caption: Ermenegildo Zegna (1892–1966)
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