"Rewriting the codes": Interview with Alessandro Sartori and Jerry Lorenzo The two designers talk about what it means to reinterpret ermenegildo Zegna's tailoring

Last night, on the penultimate day of Paris Fashion Week Women's FW20, Alessandro Sartori and Jerry Lorenzo officially presented the collaborative collection "Fear of God exclusively for Ermenegildo Zegna". Both brands are, to paraphrase Jerry Lorenzo's very apt words, "humbly sophisticated" and have brought together their respective characteristics for a collection aimed at representing the trait d'union between traditional tailoring and luxury streetwear.

And do you think that streetwear is going to die, like Virgil Abloh said?

Jerry Lorenzo: I don’t think he’s saying that streetwear is going to die. I think he’s saying that the term streetwear is going to die and the world is going to honor creatives from everywhere in the same way, no matteri f you’re doing it in Los Angeles or at the highest level at a couture house. All creatives are going to be called just menswear designers. 

So in this new phase what is goign to be the legacy of the streetwear renaissance we saw in the last few years?

Alessandro Sartori: I think that what streetwear was good at is that it conveyed a message of freedom. Mostly it was changing the styling rules. And before we were sticking to certain rules, while during it and after it we were more open to different designs, more personal and in line with your moment. So that’ something that stays.