ZEGNA’s Oasi Cashmere collection showcases an uncompromising approach to natural materials and represents a new model of environmental and commercial awareness. With the mantra “made for tomorrow”, Oasi Cashmere now becomes a means of collaboration and a facilitator for creative conversations. The first of these ongoing dialogues is a partnership with Los Angeles-based lifestyle company, The Elder Statesman, which was announced with a preview at the ZEGNA FW23 fashion show in Milan and has now been unveiled as a full-fledged collection merging two identities into one. The Elder Statesman and ZEGNA share a mutual devotion to craftsmanship, excellent materials, master craftsmen and synchronization with nature. Cashmere, the very excellence of fiber, is the material expression of this ethic. Oasi Cashmere is dedicated to the expression of the world’s finest raw materials and is committed to being fully certified traceable by 2024, becoming a platform where knowledge and materiality can be exchanged with like-minded peers to pollinate new grounds, opening up other possibilities and expressions. From fiber to finished product, the idea is to create a zero-waste world where beauty reigns and craftsmanship is multifaceted. <\/p>\n
The ZEGNA x The Elder Statesman partnership begins with a collection that broadens horizons to take new stylistic paths and a shared ethos of vertical craftsmanship, an idea integral to the mindsets of both companies. In fact, the Ermenegildo Zegna Group’s Made in Italy luxury platform – which includes Bonotto, Dondi, Filati Biagioli Modesto, Lanificio Zegna and Tessitura Ubertino – is already working with The Elder Statesman’s vertically integrated platform (which includes a team of over 50 artisans, including knitters, hand-dyers and embroiderers all housed in its Los Angeles factory, office and design studio) to supply them with fabrics and yarns from the Ermenegildo Zegna group. This devotion to craftsmanship creates the perfect foundation for this ongoing partnership. <\/p>\n\n\t\t