Zegna (clothing brand)

Zegna is an Italian fashion house founded by Ermenegildo Zegna in 1910 in Trivera. The company has been controlled by Zegna family for three generations starting from its eponymous founder and today Ermenegildo "Gildo" Zegna his grandson. 
From its foundation in early XXth century the firm quickly gained a reputation for quality and style in men's suits, and by the end of the 1930s, the company employed about 1,000 people. In 1938, Ermenegildo Zegna products were sold in the USA for the first time. During the Second World War, when other tailors were altering old clothes, the Zegna factory worked with Australian merino wool - it was then that its fabrics were recognized as the highest quality. Since the sixties, the company has established several awards for farmers in different countries for the production of the finest sheep's wool.
When the sons of Ermenegildo Zegna, Aldo (b. 1920) and Angelo (b. 1924), joined the business, the firm was renamed Ermenegildo Zegna and Sons (Ermenegildo Zegna and Sons ). By 1955, the company employed about 1,400 people. Ermenegildo Zegna died in 1966 at the age of 74. Aldo and Angelo took over the business and two years later launched a line of men's suits made in the Zegna factory in Novara. The sons of Ermenegildo Zegna, Aldo and Angelo, made the brand famous all over the world: in 1970, men's clothing was added to the production of fine fabrics, factories were opened in Spain and Switzerland, shops in Paris, Milan, New York.
Another factory was opened in 1973 in Spain, and another in 1975 in Greece. The Greek enterprise closed after 2 years. The next Zegna factory opened in 1977 in Switzerland, which today employs about 900 people. Since 1999, the Ermenegildo Zegna network has included 8 sites in Italy, two in Spain, three in Switzerland, one in Mexico and one in Turkey. The first store was opened in 1980 in Paris, the second in 1985 in Milan. By 2007, the number of stores had grown to 525. Aldo Zegna died in 2000 and Angelo Zegna remained Honorary President of the company  until his death in August 2021  .
Actor Adrien Brody was the face of Ermenegildo Zegna and presented an advertising campaign for the men's clothing line for the spring-summer 2003 and autumn-winter 2003 seasons. The company also aquired American fashion house Thom Browne in 2018 and is responsible for designing and manufacturing Tom Ford collections since its aquisition by Estee Lauder.
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