Antoine Arnault Quotes

Antoine Arnault

Profession : Businessman

Birth : June 4, 1977

Never forget your iPod and dvd player during long trips.

Antoine Arnault

Going from zero to five kids in two and a half years is the most wonderful thing in the world.

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Italy has a special place in my heart.

Antoine Arnault

I had a couple of years of rebellion - I was singing in a rock band.

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It's not a burden, you know? You're going to work in fashion, surrounded by creativity and beautiful people, beautiful objects... or work in banking. OK, I choose fashion.

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It was clear that my father wanted us to work with him. I mean, it is a family company.

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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?'

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I'm not the biggest fan of airports. I try to arrive a few minutes before check-in closes.

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Of course I have other passions... but my real investment obviously without a second thought is LVMH and what my father created.

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I love Aston Martin.

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What we sell are not products... that customers are going to put in a closet and forget.

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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.

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Millennials, as others, want creative, durable, desirable, and beautiful products. But they do add a new criteria: respect.

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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.

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We need to focus on what we know to do best, and our domain is the highest quality in luxury products and spending the most attention on uncompromising quality, not on being technologically advanced.

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It was clear from very early on that I would work in the family company. There was not really ever another option or idea.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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