Indigenous Farmers Work Free of Charge for the World’s Richest Person

Loro Piana sells a vicuña sweater for about $9,000. The fashion house — a unit of LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE, the luxury conglomerate controlled by billionaire Bernard Arnault — has been sourcing wool for the garments from the Peruvian Andes for decades. But the Indigenous villagers who help herd and shear the golden-brown, big-eyed animals have almost nothing to show for it.

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