Words matter. These are the best Antoine Arnault Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
We absolutely take no decisions based on the share price, not for LVMH.
I’m not the biggest fan of airports. I try to arrive a few minutes before check-in closes.
The luxury industry has always been a little bit counter-cyclical.
It was clear that my father wanted us to work with him. I mean, it is a family company.
During the last years of university I started an online business with a couple of friends selling domain names – we started by cybersquatting and then we became a real business. Someone bought us after three years and we made a good deal.
I think to create brands such as ours and to develop them takes time, and many people when you ask them what is luxury, they say time. And in a way it’s true.
The west coast of Corsica on a boat in August is probably as beautiful as it gets.
One week a year, I go to Las Vegas with friends to play poker. We usually go to the Wynn. To play golf in the desert in the middle of the strip at the Wynn is one of the most surreal experiences you’ll have.
What we sell are not products… that customers are going to put in a closet and forget.
Luxury takes many forms nowadays, but one thing doesn’t change: luxury is about desire and the ability to create dreams.
Designers are not artists. They may have the talent of one, but if they want to work in that way they should paint or sculpt.
I hate the marketing side of business where, ‘Oh let’s do a shoe for this clientele or for the Chinese or for the Japanese.’ We’re doing the same products for everyone.
It was clear from very early on that I would work in the family company. There was not really ever another option or idea.
Being surrounded by creativity and talent is very enriching – not in terms of money but in terms of the soul and the spirit.
The luxury industry is being radically reshaped by technology-driven innovation.
Luxury is a difficult object to describe – it’s been the object of hundreds of years of discussion. We definitely don’t need it, but it’s good for the soul.
We have very strong roots in Italy and we are committed to deepen these roots even more.
It takes eight to nine months for a Berluti client to get a pair of custom-made shoes and it’s fine. I was always against see now/buy now, as I don’t think it’s relevant to what we do and is not a good image of luxury.
I like to respect my customers.
I had a couple of years of rebellion – I was singing in a rock band.
If I see one of my sales assistants neglecting someone because he doesn’t look like a good client, he’s fired immediately.
Going from zero to five kids in two and a half years is the most wonderful thing in the world.
Advertising has always been something I kind of understood.
LVMH is not just about numbers. It’s about people.
I’m a visual person, a conceptual person.
In an era of instant communication, a flaw or non-perfect product creates immediate bad buzz.
Millennials, as others, want creative, durable, desirable, and beautiful products. But they do add a new criteria: respect.
I was taught fashion very early, from the age of 12 when my father bought and created the group.
Italy has a special place in my heart.
I love Aston Martin.
If you have trouble in your private life, who are you going to speak to? Not the new friend you made the day before, but people you trust and have known forever. Vuitton, Berluti, Hermes: it is those brands that have never compromised on quality or values that people turn to.
Not every brand is for everybody.
Berluti, we manufacture wonderfully successful sneakers, which I’m proud of. But I certainly don’t forget the beauty we have to cultivate, the prestige of Venezia leather bespoke shoes, because this is a unique know-how that does not exist anywhere else.
You have to embrace trends; it’s crazy to think you can live above it. Like digital, like selling online, like social networks – if you fear them, they’re going to eat you alive.
A pair of Berluti shoes has this flair, these nuances in colour and patina, so I thought: ‘What if we took this je ne sais quoi and turn it into a menswear brand?’
My father has many talents, but his best is marketing.
Experience is going to be even more important than it used to be – people will want to live something when they are in our stores, otherwise they’ll just buy on their phones.
I never conduct business on the golf course.
Of course I have other passions… but my real investment obviously without a second thought is LVMH and what my father created.
Never forget your iPod and dvd player during long trips.
