Pilati
Stefano Pilati is an Italian fashion designer born in 1965. He began his career at Nino Cerruti; then he collaborated with L’Uomo Vogue, Giorgio Armani (as assistant in his menswear ready-to-wear team, since 1993) and Miu Miu (as assistant of Miuccia Prada).
His experience at Yves Saint Laurent
In 2000 he was hired at Yves-Saint Laurent as responsible for the style in the womenswear ready-to-wear collections, which he gave to a decise, feminine and contemporary character, proceeding on the path designed by Tom Ford. In 2004, when Tom Ford left PPR Group, Pilati became Creative Director at Yves-Saint Laurent.
Later he became responsible for every apparel and accessories collections of the brand: thanks to this task, which he was confirmed in in 2007, he made the company great again, allowing it to cover a loss of 75 million euros and to grow more than 30%. This happened thanks to his simple, structure and saleable creations.
His work at Zegna
In 2012 he left Yves Saint Laurent a, wento to Ermenegildo Zegna: Żegna Group entrusted him the revamping of Agnona and created the new label Ermenegildo Zegna Couture for him. Nevertheless, in 2016 he left the group to dedicate himself to his personal projects.
Random Identities
In 2017 Stefano Pilati founded Random Identities, a brand outside the box and outside the fashion system: it offered items which didn’t follow trends, but which you could wear in every moment and for every situation, without any worry about genre or season.
In 2022, after two years of distance from fashion world, the fashion designer organized a fashion show again and, in order to revamp Random Identities, he signed a retail agreement with Parisian Dover Street Market.
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