The same interplay of past and present shaped a Poulbot-inspired silhouette as retro as leather knee breeches, which were paired with gaitered ankle boots. Coming from a company as closely identified with fine Italian tailoring as Zegna is, there was something seductively odd about such an offering. But then, this collection is designed to appeal to a younger, more adventurous market. So Sartori opted for a route that offered the drama of proportions inverted (a long mohair sweater under a shorter tailored jacket, for instance) or elongated (an attenuated officer's coat in everything from washed leather to pied de poule) to upend any hidebound notions about exactly what the name of Zegna might stand for in this label-conscious day and age.
