RUNWAY: Ermenegildo Zegna SS14

Ermenegildo Zegna's SS14 was grand: from the new venue they chose to Stefano Pilati's first collection as the house's Creative Director. The result was Pilati's signature style, a mix of Parisian elegance with Italian tailoring. Pilati, with the might and resources of the Zegna house, created a powerhouse collection of super lightweight fabrics, beautiful subtle prints and, probably most important, a multi-dimensional collection that had direction, which in the past felt static with seemingly no other goal than showing well made suits to sell to CEOs and titans of business. But Pilati's collection shows that the house is serious about upping its fashion quotient.