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Diego Della Valle
Italian
Businessman
Born:
Dec 30
,
1953
Life
Me
People
Shoes
Time
You
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Italian style is a natural attitude. It is about a life of good taste. It doesn't have to be expensive. Simple but with good taste. Luxury is possible to buy. Good taste is not.
Diego Della Valle
Life
Attitude
Buy
Good
Natural
Simple
Luxury
Good Taste
Style
Possible
About
Italian
Taste
Expensive
On weekends, the U.S. was casual; in Italy the weekend was very formal. I came to understand that weekends are about free time, and that one could wear high quality, tasteful products that weren't so formal.
Diego Della Valle
Time
Quality
Free
High
Wear
About
High-Quality
Weekend
Could
Weekends
Casual
Free Time
Understand
Came
Were
Italy
Very
Tasteful
Formal
Products
I want people to feel happy when they wear my shoes.
Diego Della Valle
Happy
People
Shoes
Wear
Feel
Want
Put a compass to paper and trace a circle. Then tell me which other country has such a concentration of places like Amalfi, Naples, Ischia, Procida, Sorrento, Positano, Pompeii, and Capri.
Diego Della Valle
Me
Circle
Country
Other
Paper
Tell
Put
Like
Concentration
Trace
Naples
Which
Places
Then
Compass
I need to have a quick wardrobe. Two or three blazers with dark gray pants, two pairs of jeans, two light blue shirts, a casual shirt, two pairs of shoes, one formal one not. Small accessories like Tod's Greca belt and our woven bracelets for a wild touch.
Diego Della Valle
Dark
Light
Three
Shoes
Wild
Our
Pants
Woven
Touch
Small
Casual
Like
Accessories
Quick
Shirt
Shirts
Blue
Formal
Wardrobe
Jeans
Pairs
Gray
Two
Need
Belt
I grew up watching my father work, and learning from him what good quality is. I took from him the passion to create beautiful and exclusive products. He also taught me to persevere if I want to reach my goals.
Diego Della Valle
Work
Beautiful
Good
Me
Learning
Quality
Passion
Goals
Father
Took
Good Quality
He
Exclusive
Reach
Also
Him
Up
Persevere
Taught
Want
Grew
Create
Products
Watching
We must never lose sight of the fact that shoes go on the feet, and if people can't walk in them, they are worthless. Fashion designers who are not specialists need the help of technical people. We help decide the collections together.
Diego Della Valle
Fashion
Together
People
Walk
Lose
Shoes
Sight
Worthless
Collections
Must
Fact
Never
Feet
Go
Decide
Them
Help
Who
Specialists
Technical
Designers
Need
My father taught me respect for quality as well as a sense of dignity - great values as we face a world going in a different direction. I try to teach my children to stay close to the real things.
Diego Della Valle
Great
Me
Respect
Dignity
Quality
World
Try
Father
Values
Face
Sense
Stay
Direction
Well
Real
Close
Going
Taught
Children
Different
Teach
Things
Saks is one of the temples of good-quality products in America. The Saks shop in New York, for me, is the most interesting department store in America.
Diego Della Valle
Me
Temples
New
Most
America
Department
York
Department Store
Shop
New York
Store
Interesting
Products
Almost everyone wears rubber on their feet these days, but there was a time when it was considered cheap. Luxury shoes had leather soles, which were rigid and heavy.
Diego Della Valle
Time
Luxury
Shoes
Everyone
Considered
Rigid
Wears
Had
Cheap
Almost
Almost Everyone
Days
Feet
Leather
Were
Heavy
Which
Rubber
The boom for luxury goods is unending. There are people who never have to worry about whether they can afford something they like. In one part of the world or another there will always be someone with money to spend on luxury.
Diego Della Valle
People
World
Money
Luxury
Will
Spend
Worry
Boom
About
Someone
Something
Never
Part
Goods
Like
Another
Always
Unending
Afford
Whether
Who
Tod's customers - whatever their nationality - want the very best things in life.
Diego Della Valle
Life
Best
Whatever
Very
Nationality
Want
Customers
Things
The idea behind our shoes is simple: they are as light as possible, very soft and made from the finest leather we can buy. We try to make a combination of something that looks fantastic and is at the same time fantastically comfortable. This is the type of luxury people want to buy now, things that they can use every day.
Diego Della Valle
Buy
Time
Day
Every Day
People
Simple
Light
Try
Luxury
Made
Shoes
Every
Type
Our
Possible
Finest
Something
Idea
Combination
Looks
Make
Comfortable
Leather
Very
Same
Behind
Same Time
Want
Fantastic
Use
Now
Things
Soft
La Scala is easily one of the top 10 symbols of Italy's cultural excellence. That makes it vital to our global image. Closing it would send a message to the rest of the world that Italy doesn't care.
Diego Della Valle
World
Care
Rest
Our
Top
Easily
Would
Vital
Excellence
Global
Message
Makes
Cultural
Italy
La
Send
Closing
Image
Symbols
I remember seeing the Colosseum for the first time when I was a young boy. It left a lasting impression on me.
Diego Della Valle
Time
Me
Remember
First
Young
Lasting
Seeing
First Time
Boy
Impression
Left
I was looking for a name with an old English sound, very easy to pronounce in every language and easy to remember. At the beginning I used J. P. Tod's, but then in 1999 it was shortened since too many people were asking who was Mr. J. P. Tod's.
Diego Della Valle
People
Remember
Old
Language
Too Many People
Looking
Beginning
Every
Too
Easy
Pronounce
Since
Name
Sound
Were
Very
Shortened
Then
Asking
Used
English
Who
Many
When I was a kid, I wanted to be a footballer and racing driver, like all kids.
Diego Della Valle
Kid
Kids
Driver
Footballer
Like
Wanted
Racing
I bought into Saks as a personal investment because, when I was a young man and went to America for the first time, it seemed to me that Saks was like a cathedral of retail. I never dreamt that I could one day be a part of it. And now I am.
Diego Della Valle
Time
Day
Me
Man
First
Young
One Day
Dreamt
Seemed
Could
Retail
Never
Part
Investment
Bought
Like
Cathedral
Because
First Time
Am
America
Personal
Young Man
Now
Businessmen should not put their finger in politics, because they tend to think only of their own self-interest. But I worry about the low morale in Italian industry and the lack of government initiatives to help the poor.
Diego Della Valle
Politics
Government
Own
Think
Worry
Morale
About
Finger
Only
Tend
Put
Industry
Because
Self-Interest
Italian
Lack
Low
Poor
Should
Help
Businessmen
Initiatives
You have to be serious-minded in business, but not take yourself seriously.
Diego Della Valle
You
Business
Yourself
Seriously
Take
Serious-Minded
I am a liberal. I want everyone to be well.
Diego Della Valle
Liberal
Everyone
Well
Am
Want
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