Peter Dundas Quotes

When I make a dress that someone wants to put on and somebody else wants to take off, then I know I've got it right. Because when someone looks good on the outside, they'll feel good on the inside.

It's important for me to really play with the traditions and keep things simple and easy. Ultimately I believe in animal instincts - I think they often end up winning out.

Paris is one of the most incredible places to live. Once you get bitten by the city, you never leave.

In order to be successful, you have to honor what's in old fashion house, but you also have to play with it and push the limits of it.

Florence is probably one of the most beautiful cities in Italy. It's very quiet as well - there's not much nightlife - so it definitely keeps me focused on the work.

I think my biggest muses in fashion are probably rock 'n' roll girlfriends, like Anita Pallenberg and Marianne Faithfull and Bianca Jagger - and then maybe Patti Smith a bit as well.

I'm really working on trying to get that lifestyle aspect of the Emilio Pucci house to be as strong as possible.

I'm not intellectual at all as a designer. Whatever I'm into at the moment is usually what becomes the collection.

I feel like I have to go back to Paris every so often. It just grows on you - the look of the city, the way people hang out there. If you're in Europe, it's good for that.