Tom Ford Fashion is made and sold by Zegna (Italy, NYSE: ZGN) under licence, an arrangement in place since 2023; Zegna does not own the name.[1][2] The Tom Ford Fashion name is owned by estee-lauder.
Evidence: Ermenegildo Zegna N.V. Annual Report on Form 20-F filed 2026-03-20, SEC EDGAR, 20 March 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Estée Lauder bought the Tom Ford brand in 2023 for about $2.8 billion and immediately licensed the fashion and accessories side to Zegna, keeping beauty for itself. The clothes and the fragrance therefore have different companies behind them. The arrangement means Estée Lauder owns the trademark outright while Zegna designs, makes and sells everything that is not a fragrance or cosmetic.
Sentences about Tom Ford Fashion from Zegna's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
Tom Ford Fashion segment For the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, the Tom Ford Fashion segment generated revenues after eliminations equal to 317,056 thousand, 314,514 thousand and 235,531 thousand (since the consolidation in April 29, 2023) respectively representing 16.5%, 16.2% and 12.4% of our revenues, after eliminations.
Tom Ford Fashion segment As of the date of this report, TFI and its subsidiaries operating the TOM FORD FASHION business do not generally maintain trademarks, copyrights, patents, or domain names in their own name.
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Zegna controls 3 brands on Brandtree, 3 of them in apparel, footwear & accessories.
The 40 brands in luxury fashion & leather goods on Brandtree belong to 20 owners. The largest is LVMH, with 8; Zegna has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Berluti | LVMH | 🇫🇷 France |
| Alexander McQueen | Kering | 🇫🇷 France |
| Jil Sander | OTB Group | 🇮🇹 Italy |
| Alaïa | Richemont | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| Burberry | Burberry | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Miu Miu | Prada Group | 🇮🇹 Italy |
| Giorgio Armani | Armani | 🇮🇹 Italy |
| Versace | Capri Holdings | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
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Zegna is a publicly listed company headquartered in Milan, Italy, founded in 1910.
Zegna is one of the largest menswear houses in the world and unusually owns its own wool mill in the Italian Alps, so it controls the cloth as well as the garment. The founding family still runs it four generations on, and it listed in New York in 2021.
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,549 brands that began in the United States. 478 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Tom Ford Fashion among them.
Estée Lauder acquired the Tom Ford brand for about $2.8 billion, its largest acquisition, and immediately licensed the fashion and accessories business to Zegna while keeping beauty for itself. The trademark and the clothes therefore have different companies behind them.
Zegna makes and sells Tom Ford Fashion under a licensing agreement that has been in place since 2023.
No. Zegna holds a licence to make and sell Tom Ford Fashion, which is not the same as owning it.
Tom Ford Fashion originated in the United States in 2005.
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
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