Collection: Ellesse

Born on the slopes in the 1960’s, ellesse founder, Leonardo Servadio sought to fuse industry-leading technology with elevated Italian style. Drawing direct inspiration from Servadio’s mission and spirit, our collections are infused with the brand’s rich ski, tennis and gym heritage. Styling sportswear pieces to be ready for the street, we toe the line between sports and fashion, with a generous helping of Italian attitude.

Named after the founder, Leonardo Servadio, the brand was first represented with the ‘L&S’ logo. Over the years, the logo has evolved to read the sound of the letters, but it is still pronounced ‘LS’.

With a dream to bring fashion to sportswear through tailoring, Leonardo Servadio began to create tailored modern work trousers and then applied this craft to ski trousers in the 1960’s. This was the first time tailoring techniques had truly been used in sportswear, blurring the lines between fashion and sport.