The End of an Era in Padova

Zegna has closed its Padova factory, the one that was producing the Zegna Couture and Tom Ford products, both of which I thought were superbly made. 230 people were to be put out of work, with an offer of a transfer to other locations (production is being transferred to a plant in Novarra). On the bright side, that means there will be highly-skilled technicians available to be scooped up by manufacturers around the world whoRead More

TOM FORD

I must be out of my mind. I’ve seen a few Tom Ford suits around which made me curious. We’ve seen them on celebrities, whom I assume had been fitted by people who knew what they were doing. But then I started seeing them on “regular” people and the shape had me intrigued. I noticed a shape and a cleanliness to the chest that I’m not used to seeing in RTW. IN fact, a degreeRead More