Family names are a funny thing. In many cultures in the past, people used to be named for the work they did— Brewer, Carpenter, Hunter, Cook and so on. Which makes it sweetly serendipitous that Alessandro Sartori, the 56-year-old Creative Director of Zegna, has a last name descended from tailors and the sartorial tradition.
When Sartori rejoined Ermenegildo Zegna in 2016, it was a homecoming of sorts. The Italian designer started his career there in 1989, and between 2003 and 2011 was the sporty Z Zegna line's founding creative director. Back in 2016, his remit was officially creative oversight of all three of Zegna's brands: the runway collections, the mainline and
