“The anniversary of a friendship”

Stefano Pilati has teamed up with the giant Inditex through a limited edition capsule collection for ZaraThe Milanese designer, who left Yves Saint Laurent in 2012, is known for having a unique style that is in keeping with the classic and luxurious trend that the firm created by Amancio Ortega intends to embrace next season. A great friend of Marta Ortega, far from the seams they will now show if they also fit in professionally.

Pilati originally planned to launch a men’s collection, but now her clothes have also been designed with women in mind. More than 80 garments (50 for men and 30 for women), dozens of accessories and leather goods comprise the collection, which will include tailored suits, elevated sports pieces and evening looks.

This capsule collection is scheduled to go on sale in early October. The Italian and the Galician will present it at an event during Paris Fashion Week with a campaign directed by Steven MeiselAs president of INDITEX, Ortega is beside herself with joy.

This is the second time that Zara has hired a famous designer. The first was the capsule collection it launched in 2022 in collaboration with Narciso Rodríguez, also a personal friend of Marta Ortega.

Who is Stefano Pilati?

He joined Yves Saint Laurent in 2004 as Tom Ford’s successor and left in 2012. He was then replaced by Hedi Sliman.e. Pilati then went on to direct Zegna and Agnona, and it was not until 2019 that he founded Random Identities, a unisex brand that he launched in 2020 and which did not achieve the expected results with the arrival of the pandemic. He did not stand still afterwards, as in recent years he has launched some occasional collaborations such as, curiously, a line of furniture in collaboration with the French firm Pinto or his capsule collection for Fendi, which arrived in the last quarter of last year and was also much talked about and well received by the sector. In June, we also saw him parade in Pharrell’s debut at Louis Vuitton. It went very viral. In addition to its unique style, It should be remembered that Pilati is known for starring in its own campaigns and wearing its own designs..

The designer himself has celebrated his collaboration with Marta Ortega on his Instagram profile: “My collaboration for Zara: The anniversary of a friendship. Stay tuned”.