Zara is teaming up with seasoned designer Stefano Pilati for a new collaboration. Dubbed a co-ed range by WWD, the former Yves Saint Laurent and Zegna creative director is expected to launch a range of 50 styles for men and 30 for women. Pilati, who founded the Berlin-based brand Random Identities in 2017, was one of the first designer to...
Sep 4, 2024
Florence -Iconic Italian fashion designer Stefano Pilati revealed his first independent venture, called ‘Random Identities’, in Florence on Thursday evening. Guests of the fashion show entered into a surreal scene: The Stazione Leopolda, one of Florence’s oldest train stations, was bare but for a rectangular collection of lights hanging from the...
Jan 10, 2020
Stefano Pilati, who might be best known as the former creative director of Saint Laurent pre-Hedi Slimane, was originally set to have an exhibit at Pitti Uomo this upcoming season. However, it has been announced that the exhibit has now been cancelled "due to unexpected and obligatory commitments by the designer." The exhibition was dedicated to...
Mar 28, 2018
London - Although some may argue that four years is barely enough time for anyone to leave their mark in the world, they would be wrong when it comes to Hedi Slimane’s four year rule at French fashion house Yves Saint Laurent, even though he did have somewhat of a head’s start as he was head of menswear for YSL in the late 1990s. In what some...
Apr 5, 2016
Apr 1, 2016
Following on from this week's round of designer musical chairs, comes the confirmation that former artistic director for Italian footwear label Berluti, Alessandro Sartori, has been appointed to the newly created role of artistic director at Ermenegildo Zegna. In his new role at Ermenegildo Zegna, Sartori will be responsible for the creative...
Feb 5, 2016
It has been a week of departures for Italy's luxury men's fashion houses: first there was suit maker Brioni, who in a statement said its creative director, Brendan Mullane, would not be renewing his contract. Next up footwear brand Berluti, who is to part ways with its creative director Alessandro Sartori. And now Stefano Pilati is exiting...
Feb 3, 2016
Social networking site Tumblr is fast becoming an important platform for fashion labels. The service allows users to post multimedia and other content to a short-form blog, which has everyone from Adidas Originals to Vogue posting its latest news. Italian label Ermenegildo Zegna announced this week it is launching its first Tumblr channel this...
Jun 4, 2013
French luxury group PPR has announced that Stefano Pilati, the creative director of Yves Saint Laurent, is set to leave the company next month. Pilati, who took over as creative director from Tom Ford in 2004, has been ‘instrumental in the rebuilding and repositioning of an iconic French luxury brand. Under Stefano’s guiding vision and artistic...
Feb 28, 2012
Rumours are running rife that Raf Simons is to replace Stefano Pilati at Yves Saint Laurent. It started when Suzy Menkes, fashion editor of the International Herald Tribune, said that Simons is to become creative director of the luxury label, in her latest Jil Sander show review. Vogue.com also speculated an announcement would be made today, but...
Sep 26, 2011
