Pier Luigi Loro Piana Quotes

Louis Vuitton, the world's biggest luxury brand in terms of sales, is planning to dampen its expansion worldwide and focus on high-end products to preserve its exclusive image.

I don't want to start producing dressing gowns and cuff links with the Purdey name stamped on them. Making Purdey the leading gunmaker is our priority. Once we have succeeded in doing that, then we might look at some accessories, but it is a long haul.

There have been several Duchesses of Westminster but there is only one Chanel!

Of course China is an important new market for Tod's, and of course we need to succeed commercially. But I believe the way to do that is not to aim to deliver results in the short term by thoughtless expansion, but instead to explain to the Chinese people what our brand is really about.

Kmart appreciates and supports exclusive brands.

With a brand - and I respect Porsche - but the Ferrari brand is more exclusive... We never do SUVs, we never do four doors, and we never exceed 7,000 cars per year. And 7,000 means 7,000.

I think it takes 30 years to build a luxury brand.

Our history is based on extending the brand to categories within the guardrails of Starbucks.

Chanel is a brand that is so inspiring.

For me I'm a luxury brand trying to prove to people and the industry that it's not about being a TV celebrity in any which way, it's about being a designer and having a business and being successful at that.

Just because you're a luxury brand doesn't mean you have to have an attitude.

America had one idea attached to its brand. We presented ourselves as the world's last superpower. And that was the world's worst branding idea.

I love working with Chanel, and long may it reign, to be honest. I hope it lasts forever.

It's not unusual for a luxury company to be born from a single product and then diversify. Louis Vuitton began with luggage, and Gucci with leather goods.

I think The Row skews toward an older market - an educated consumer who's been shopping for years.

When I wear Chanel, I feel like I'm not just wearing clothes: I'm wearing Chanel.

At Sterling, we're not looking to become a dominating factor in the market. We're looking for an area to carve out for ourselves. We want to become another BMW.

Bars can't be everything to everyone. They must be everything to someone.

We decided when we were building Big Machine that we wanted to be a Harley or a Ferrari.

The price point and the quality are very rare. I don't want people thinking, "I got the look for less." I want them thinking, "I got the look!"

To cite Enzo Ferrari, we will always sell one less Ferrari than the market wants, that's a policy that will never change.

First of all, if you're setting up a new company, you want to try to find a brand that can work on a global basis.

We don't want to be something for everybody, we want to be everything for some people.

I like great directors who are scarce. Prolific ones are nice too but for me, there's something about the scarcity that makes it all the more valuable.

You should always have a product that has nothing to do with who you are or what people think about you... so that you never start thinking that your product is you, or your fame or your aura.