Words matter. These are the best Pier Luigi Loro Piana Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
Our farmers have become family.
Quality will save our company.
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.
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.
The best sheep breeders are in Australia and New Zealand.
You don’t have to make things which are just expensive.
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.
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.
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.
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.
I never expect business to be easy.
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.
The life of a business is not like a football team! We are not taking part in an Italy-France game or against Germany.
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.
A vicuna alive is worth more than one dead. Now it is like a goldmine.
Being at a very high quality level was the only way for us to survive.
When we started, there was lots of formalwear made with quality fabrics, but Loro Piana’s innovation was to use these in casualwear, too.
I’m always on a quest to find the next best natural fiber.
Loro Piana is all about seeking quality materials.
