Questions about Zegna

[lsquare]

I was at Bergdorf Goodman the other day and I had a nice conversation with the salesguy. I'm interested in doing a MTM suit and he suggested that I go with Zegna. He told me that there were Z Zegna, regular Zegna, and Zegna Couture. The one that they offered was Zegna and I asked him if that was E Zegna and he said no, just regular Zegna. What does that mean though? I thought E Zegna was the regular line? Or I'm wrong about this?

 

[Connemara]

I'm pretty sure that E(rmenegildo) Zegna is indeed the "regular Zegna". Someone correct me on this if I'm mistaken.

 

[EL72]

Originally Posted by Connemara

I'm pretty sure that E(rmenegildo) Zegna is indeed the "regular Zegna". Someone correct me on this if I'm mistaken.

Yes, Z Zegna does not offer MTM AFAIK.

 

[TIEALIGN]

Originally Posted by Connemara

I'm pretty sure that E(rmenegildo) Zegna is indeed the "regular Zegna". Someone correct me on this if I'm mistaken.

Thats exactly what I thought.

 

[cdelsolar]

Correct.

There are 3 lines:

Z Zegna: Does not offer MTM service

Ermenegildo Zegna (also known as Sartorial): Offers MTM service and includes the basic or "Clasici" fabrics as well as their Trofeo, High Performance, Traveller, etc. which are their higher end fabrics.

Couture: Offers MTM service. Used to be know as "Napoli Couture" but now it is just "Couture".

Regards!

 

[Zegnamtl]

Most sales reps really only learn what they must.

Pull the fabric tags form the jacket pocket,
in the lower left corner there is a box with two letters.

ZZ
EZ
ZC

Ask to see a MTM piece done for some one else if you have doubts.

If he says regular, he must mean EZ.

 

[DGP]

The only product where I thought there was a difference between E. Zegna and just plain Zegna was ties, where the E. Zegna ones were a little brighter and more modern in their patterns, while the regular Zegna ones were more traditional. The way I Always tell them apart is the stripe on the skinny half of the "regular" ones.