“We should dream bigger,” the Milanese designer Marco Zanini says, reflecting on the Democrats’ failure to inspire Gen Z voters in the U.S. election—but he quickly applies the lesson to fashion. “Maybe it seems unimportant to talk about fashion, especially now, but fashion is important. It’s how we visualize eras from the past—so how will we perceive today when we look back on it?”
Even though Zanini, 53, launched his eponymous brand only five years ago, it has quickly become a cult favorite among taste-makers. Yet few can get their hands on his microscopic output: to buy the Marco Zanini Collection, you have to be in Japan.
