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Zegna's vision was to create high-quality fabrics, so he began to source wool directly from several countries around the world, such as [[Mongolia]], Australia, South Africa;<ref name=":2" /> he also bought modern machinery from England.<ref name=":0" />

Zegna's vision was to create high-quality fabrics, so he began to source wool directly from several countries around the world, such as [[Mongolia]], Australia, South Africa;<ref name=":2" /> he also bought modern machinery from England.<ref name=":0" />



During the Interwar period, Zegna's business started to flourish. In the late 1920s, the Lanificio (wool mill) employed more than 700 workers,<ref name=":2" /> growing to more than 1,000 in the late 1930s.<ref name=":3">{{Cite book|title=Wise Growth Strategies in Leading Family Businesses|last=Schwass|first=Joachim|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|year=2005|pages=17}}</ref> In 1938 the company began to export fabrics in the [[United States|US]], through its subsidiary Zegna Woollens Corporation established in New York City.<ref name=":2" />

During the Interwar period, Zegna's business started to flourish. In the late 1920s, the Lanificio (wool mill) employed more than 700 workers,<ref name=":2" /> growing to more than 1,000 in the late 1930s.<ref name=":3">{{Cite book|title=Wise Growth Strategies in Leading Family Businesses|last=Schwass|first=Joachim|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|year=2005|pages=17}}</ref> In 1938 the company began to export fabrics in the [[United States|US]]. through its subsidiary Zegna Woollens Corporation established in New York City.<ref name=":2" />



In 1942, Ermenegildo's sons Aldo (born in 1920) and Angelo (born in 1924) entered the company, which was renamed ''Ermenegildo Zegna and Sons''.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4">{{Cite book|title=Wise wealth : creating it, managing it, preserving it|date=2011|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |author= Joachim Schwass |author2=Håkan Hillerström |author3=Holger Kück |author4=Colleen Lief|isbn=9780230295278|location=Basingstoke|pages=40|oclc=711993754}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Historical Dictionary of the Fashion Industry|last1=Sterlacci|first1=Francesca|last2=Arbuckle|first2=Joanne|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|year=2017|pages=550}}</ref> In the mid-1950s, the company employed 1,400 workers.<ref name=":3" />

In 1942, Ermenegildo's sons Aldo (born in 1920) and Angelo (born in 1924) entered the company, which was renamed ''Ermenegildo Zegna and Sons''.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4">{{Cite book|title=Wise wealth : creating it, managing it, preserving it|date=2011|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |author= Joachim Schwass |author2=Håkan Hillerström |author3=Holger Kück |author4=Colleen Lief|isbn=9780230295278|location=Basingstoke|pages=40|oclc=711993754}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Historical Dictionary of the Fashion Industry|last1=Sterlacci|first1=Francesca|last2=Arbuckle|first2=Joanne|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|year=2017|pages=550}}</ref> In the mid-1950s, the company employed 1,400 workers.<ref name=":3" />

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