Ermenegildo Zegna’s story is the story of a family business that begins when Michelangelo Zegna opens a textile factory in Trivero, Piedmont, at the end of the nineteenth century, an area where wool production was very flourishing thanks to the numerous waterways. Later three of his ten children, including Ermenegildo, and a fourth partner founded Lanificio Zegna & Giardino Vitri in 1910. 

Ermenegildo’s idea is to start a production of fabrics that stand out for their high quality and are able to replace those imported from the United Kingdom. For this purpose, state-of-the-art machinery is used and the best raw materials are purchased from their places of origin, such as wool from Australia, alpaca from Peru, cashmere from Mongolia and mohair from South Africa.