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" 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. "

Pier Luigi Loro Piana

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" 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. "

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" Our customers are quality maniacs. "

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" Our farmers have become family. "

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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" I never expect business to be easy. "

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" Loro Piana is all about seeking quality materials. "

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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" Being at a very high quality level was the only way for us to survive. "

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" A vicuna alive is worth more than one dead. Now it is like a goldmine. "

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" I'm always on a quest to find the next best natural fiber. "

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" So many young designers are focused on styling rather than materials now. We have to change that. "

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" Quality will save our company. "

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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" The life of a business is not like a football team! We are not taking part in an Italy-France game or against Germany. "

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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" You don't have to make things which are just expensive. "

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" When we started, there was lots of formalwear made with quality fabrics, but Loro Piana's innovation was to use these in casualwear, too. "

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" 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. "

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" The best sheep breeders are in Australia and New Zealand. "

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" 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. "

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