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Ermenegildo Zegna ((:eɾmeneˌʤildo ˈʣeɲɲa)) is an Italian luxury fashion house that makes men's clothing and accessories;〔 with over 550 monobrand stores and annual revenue of over €1 billion, it is the largest menswear brand in the world.〔("Ermenegildo Zegna: Fashion’s Family Giant" ), businessoffashion.com 29 April 2014〕 Founded in 1910 when Ermenegildo bought his father's textile looms, it is now managed by the fourth generation of the Zegna family and remains in family ownership.〔 As well as producing men's suits for its own labels, it manufactures suits for labels such as Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent, Dunhill and Tom Ford.〔 〕 As one of the biggest global producers of fine fabrics (2.3 million metres per year),〔 Zegna has been active in promoting improvements in wool production around the world. The head designer of its high-end Couture label is Stefano Pilati, formerly of Yves Saint Laurent and Christian Dior.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title= Stefano Pilati )〕 ==History== Ermenegildo Zegna founded the company in 1910 in Trivero in the Biellese prealps. Zegna quickly gained a reputation for producing fine quality wool for suits, and by the end of the 1930s, the wool mill employed 1,000 workers. In 1938 the Zegna Woollens Corporation was set up in New York although exports were not helped by the privations of war. When Ermenegildo Zegna's sons Aldo (born 1920) and Angelo (born 1924) joined the company in 1942, it was renamed Ermenegildo Zegna and Sons. By 1955, the company employed 1,400 workers. Ermenegildo died in 1966 at the age of 74. Aldo and Angelo took over the business, and two years later they launched a line of ready-to-wear men's suits produced in Zegna's factory in Novara. Another factory was opened in in 1973 and Switzerland in 1977. As of 1999, the Zegna Group had eight manufacturing plants in Italy, two in Spain, three in Switzerland, one in Mexico and one in Turkey . While many Zegna suits are factory-produced, the majority of premium suits are still made-to-measure. The first boutique was opened in Paris in 1980, followed by Milan in 1985.〔 In 2010 their numbers had grown to 560 boutiques, of which over 300 are controlled by the company.〔 Zegna's flagship boutique locations are mostly found in the United States, Europe, Japan and China. Aldo died in 2000; Angelo remains the honorary president of the company.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ermenegildo Zegna」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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