Ermenegildo Zegna Founder’s Scholarship 10° Edition
On Saturday 15 July at Casa Zegna, over 170 students attended the event organised to celebrate 10 years of the Ermenegildo Zegna Founder’s Scholarship project, launched in 2014. A renewed commitment for another 15 years out of the total 25 years of the project. With an annual subsidy of up to 1 million euros, the […]
9th edition of the Ermenegildo Zegna’s founder scholarship
The founder of the Zegna Group, Ermenegildo Zegna (1892 – 1966), had a vision that was rooted in a desire to contribute to the betterment of the community – the community in which he was working at the time, as well as for the benefit of future generations. After more than a century, that vision […]
Our road to tomorrow: Zegna’s archive-inspired rebranding
The archives at Casa Zegna have been a source of inspiration for the rebranding of Zegna: the new logo, launched in December 2021, is a contemporary style tribute to the Zegna heritage, with various references to the brand’s advertising in men’s fashion magazines in the ‘30s. The Zegna wool mill started up in 1910 and […]
Zegna forest, we look after our woodland
Eleven thousand trees planted in the last two years. Over 33 hectares of forest already subjected to intensive care and a further 166 hectares scheduled for the coming years. Two areas (Stavello and Margosio) already completely renewed and a third (Tre Pisse) will see new plantings next spring. Such are the numbers behind the mission […]
Zegna’s autarchic fabrics: Raiontex, Nutex, Viritex…
Among the many autarchic fibers, Ermenegildo Zegna opted for rayon. “Artificial silk” was not even a distant relative of the fine quality wool that he used to weave and had introduced to his customers. But there were no alternatives if you wanted to work and keep your people employed. After having procured the raw material […]
Zegna’s autarchic fabrics: sanctions and problem-solving
The word autarchy evokes distant times: a time of people in black fascist uniforms, iniquitous sanctions, chicory coffee, Italian East Africa, and looming war. Exotic suggestions aside, there is little to be nostalgic about the fall of 1935, when the League of Nations imposed economic sanctions on Mussolini’s Italy that changed our history. That same […]
The lesson of the woods
The close of a year that has presented us with great challenges brings to mind the silent teachings of my grandfather Ermenegildo, to whose memory Fondazione Zegna is dedicated. Many times I have wondered what his secret was for choosing with calm determination the right path to pursue, even in the middle of the darkest […]
The Zegna Sample Collection: weaving tradition and inspiration
Despite what’s often heard said, a sample collection is not enough on its own to constitute a wool mill’s heritage. In actual fact, a lot more is needed to build the archives of a textile manufacturer. But a company’s sample collection is certainly an historical record of its production in remote and recent times. It […]
Zegna and water: a century of good practice
Like all wool mills, the Zegna Mill has always needed large amounts of water. Wool working processes require conspicuous quantities and a certain quality of a natural resource that’s becoming increasingly rare and precious. Washing, dyeing, processes that use steam and various types of finishing all require huge volumes of water. The site where the […]
A new photography competition on ‘70s lifestyle
Addressing fashion and vintage car addicts but not only, the new photography competition launched by Casa Zegna to relive together with the public the atmospheres, styles and fashion of the Sixties featured in the exhibition “Uomini all’Italiana 1968”. After “La moda in vacanza” (Fashion on Holiday) and countless photos taken this summer, it’s the turn […]
