Alessandro Sartori applauds his audience after presenting Z Zegna for S/S '09 at Industria Superstudio, during New York Fashion Week. It's the younger and slightly hipper sibling to Ermenegildo Zegna and comes with a similarly high standard of production quality. Simply put, Z Zegna is a line one buys for quality. And the style is impossible to knock.

Sartori's deconstructed blazers with frayed edges weren't especially timely. But he was more successful when reconstructed or playing with matte versus gloss finishes. Some thermo-taped outerwear pieces were unexpectedly eye cathing and the tapered pants were right on.