What turns me so off about Stefano’s current state of design, and RI is all we, as obsessed fashion observers/consumers have to judge by, is there’s this immense regression rather than progression: The cut, the construction, the hard-learned skills that he acquired from Gucci to Zegna, is simply not there with his current efforts. And that reeks of a certain neglect of one’s hard-earned skills and craft. I get that RI is more affordable, accessible, and for a much younger customer, so the production investment can’t be there for the pricepoint. But it’s such an overall regression… At least that’s in sync with everyone else in the industry LOL
