Alessandro Sartori keeps perfecting his vision of the contemporary metropolitan wardrobe, fusing the performance and speed of sports with the refinement, attention to detail, and precious fabrications of couture tailoring.
The creative director of Italian luxury fashion house Ermenegildo Zegna presents a collection for summer 2019 that marries sharpness and a functional ease with a pervading sense of lightness.
This season, Ermenegildo Zegna challenges technique and image even more. The silhouettes are capacious and airy; the mix of elements bold and personal.
“Creation for me always stems from a technical challenge. I am presenting shapes that are bold and voluminous, yet very light, in layers of meshes, wools, silks,” says Sartori.
Shirts and jackets collide in hybrid forms, with an oversized fit, experimental collars, and playful double sleeves. Bombers and anoraks, on the other hand, are matched with tailored high-waisted double pleat trousers, completely rewriting the template of the suit. Parkas both long and short gain the airiness of a shirt.
Degradè checks and souvenir prints add rhythm, while perforation and meshes provide an even airy feel.
In keeping with the morphing of categories, sneakers and sandals feature opanka constructions combined with the technical details and meshes of sport style, all of it on bold soles.
The juxtaposition and addition of elements are enhanced by the color palette which places side by side shades and nuances in variations of intensity. The amalgamation of pale blue, Tropea pink, bow green, desert, sunflower yellow, mocha, nautical blue, and loganberry red is painterly and individual.
Fabrics merge the technical with the refined: Century Cashmere with a waterproof membrane; textured Tussah silk produced by Lanificio Zegna using yarns obtained from wild, natural sources; blends of silk and cotton, cotton-linen satin, tumbled wool, perforated or embossed baby-calf mesh.
In the Philippines, Ermenegildo Zegna is located at Greenbelt 4 and Rustan’s Makati.