Peter Dundas designed one of Poppy Delevingne’s wedding dresses at 2014 (the other was a bespoke Chanel wedding dress) and here she returns the favor , starring in his new holiday look. Dundas was leading Emilio Pucci at the time, and now he is running his own label. There’s a consistent line—he’s always the one to go to when you want to be noticed—but his bourgeois bohemian looks are sexier these days. The two-piece, one-half cropped long-sleeve top reveals a hint of the underbust, and black leather hot pants paired with a leopard-print jacket are cut high on the sides for his ’70s style The pantsuit comes with a sheer bra and garter belts.
“She wants to be seen,” Dundas said by phone from Paris, while selling the collection. The understated luxury trend sweeping the industry doesn’t apply here. “To be honest, I didn’t think about it too much,” he said. “My woman is so defined.” Notable, since Gwyneth Paltrow stood out in a white dress with side and back ties (presumably referring to the sprained neck) , body-focused white dresses have long been a Dundas signature. One bite and one adjustment. This season’s silhouette was almost entirely backless, with the skirt dangling from a delicate cord. But overall, the front of the neck is the erogenous zone of this collection. His women could choose from a plunging V-neck mini caftan with allover crocodile embroidery, a stretch jersey with a peek-a-boo neckline and side cutouts, and a jumpsuit with a plunging scarf bodice.
