Stefano Pilati quitte Ermenegildo Zegna<

The news fell today: Stefano Pilati is leaving the Italian label Ermenegildo Zegna where he has held the position of style manager since 2013. "I thought a lot before making this decision and after long conversations with Gildo Zegna , I decided that the mission he had entrusted to me was accomplished, ”explained the creator in a press release. "I now want to focus on other projects that I had put aside in order to achieve the common goals that Zegna Couture and I had set for ourselves".

This announcement follows another, made last July. At the time, the designer said goodbye to Agnona, the feminine counterpart of Ermenegildo Zegna, where he had also worked for three years.

A new life in Paris?

It is an understatement to say that this departure now raises many questions. The positions of artistic director of the Dior and Lanvin houses having been vacant since the end of 2015, rumor has it that Stefano Pilati will soon join one of them. And it is rumored that the one who worked wonders at Saint Laurent from 2004 to 2012 could well choose the second. To be continued…