At the age of 24 the young woman decided to move back to Thailand where a job in the fashion industry was in the offing. “A friend of mine told me that Louis Vuitton was looking for a person to fill the role of assistant to the general manager in Thailand. I was already interested in fashion and so I thought I would give it a try. I had no experience in the field but I wanted to know everything about it,” she says.
What followed was a four-year crash course in the apparel business, during which Pin also dipped a toe in public relations with Fendi, before she struck out on her own by opening PP Group. Her first role at her newly formed company was as brand manager of the Christian Lacroix and Emilio Pucci labels in Thailand. “I started PP Group in 2003 after the brands approached me to see if I was interested in becoming a distributor. Initially I thought it too big a project for a relatively inexperienced 28-year-old to handle, but it was such a good chance to really establish
Given that this is a family business, it’s no surprise that deep down Harald has always hoped his children would one day take over and carry on the legacy. At first only his daughter Caroline, the eldest of his two children, joined the firm. It wasn’t until around three years ago that 37-year-old son Felix finally decided to work in the company. For a long time this move was not a certainty. “I did a few internships with B.Grimm,” says the young man. “But since my early 20s, I have been passionate about meditation and spirituality.” So much so that he spent years traversing the globe, including years in Buddhist monasteries in Nepal and attending Christian spiritual centres in Brazil and retreats in the United States. “Meditating is still my favourite thing to do in life,” he adds. “There is just something so powerful and compelling to me about the inner universe it is much richer and more rewarding than the outside world.”