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All Quotes by author - Pier Luigi Loro Piana
" A vicuna alive is worth more than one dead. Now it is like a goldmine. "
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Dead
" Being at a very high quality level was the only way for us to survive. "
Quality
Us
Way
" Dealing with political things, it's not for me. It makes me crazy. I want to buy, you want to sell. Please make it simple. "
You
Want
Simple
" I don't think LVMH will want to significantly change the strategy of Loro Piana, and I don't think that they would have bought it otherwise. "
Think
Strategy
Will
" I'm always on a quest to find the next best natural fiber. "
Find
Always
Natural
" I never expect business to be easy. "
Expect
Easy
Never
" Loro Piana is all about seeking quality materials. "
Quality
About
Materials
" Luxury is research in quality. It's quality with no compromise. What does that mean? That you don't think about how much something will cost to be able to achieve the very, very best. "
Think
Research
Best
" My brother and I became convinced that to buy and sell legally sheared vicuna hair was the only way to help the vicuna increase in numbers. If the animal becomes useful to society, people will take care of the animal; if it's not useful, they will not take care. "
Animal
People
Hair
" My family have been wool merchants since the 19th century. My first job, aged 18, was buying fabric from my father to produce and sell ties. But I was also at university in Milan. "
Family
First
University
" My father passed me the concept that vicuna was something very special, very expensive. So it was a question of pride. I didn't want anybody else in the world to be touching vicuna before us. "
Pride
Want
World
" Once you start compromising, once you start trying to keep cost lower, this is not luxury. Luxury is wanting the best and using the best materials with which to do that. "
Cost
Luxury
Best
" Our customers are quality maniacs. "
Our
Quality
Maniacs
" Our farmers have become family. "
Farmers
Become
Family
" Our philosophy is always to search for the best quality. That is something our father taught us. It's one way to be different from your competitors. You can try to be cheaper, or you can try to be better. "
Quality
Best
Better
" People from the country are very simple and loyal. I like that. I prefer to deal with the campesinos rather than the political people in Lima. "
Simple
Country
Like
" Quality will save our company. "
Save
Will
Company
" Sailing is in the same vein as horse riding. There's a beauty to it; it's an elegant sport. You have to employ your intelligence. It's technical, but you also have to take into account the natural elements - the wind, the water, the weather. "
Weather
Beauty
Water
" So many young designers are focused on styling rather than materials now. We have to change that. "
Young
Rather
Now
" The Australians have a scientific approach and a very strong professionalism, a passion to do the best. Theirs is the best wool. And Loro Piana wants the best. "
Best
Passion
Professionalism
" The best sheep breeders are in Australia and New Zealand. "
Sheep
New
Australia
" The life of a business is not like a football team! We are not taking part in an Italy-France game or against Germany. "
Life
Business
Football
" The Loro Piana man is a very active one: he works hard, and when he has time off, being close to nature is important to him. "
Man
Important
Him
" We are very far from our potential, but you aren't going to see 500 stores; that wouldn't be consistent with the exclusivity of our brand. You also aren't going to see a Loro Piana perfume, glasses, or watches, because we are concentrating on our core business. "
Watches
Glasses
Business
" We check everything to make sure it is pure and of the highest quality. There is good wine and bad wine; we buy only the good wine. "
Check
Wine
Good
" When we started, there was lots of formalwear made with quality fabrics, but Loro Piana's innovation was to use these in casualwear, too. "
Made
Quality
Use
" You don't have to make things which are just expensive. "
You
Things
Make
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