Los Angeles-based designer and pit bull parent, Jason Merrill, decided to honor his dogs, dedicating a company in-the-making to Lu & Pete with part of the proceeds going back to dog rescue organizations.
Combining passion with fashion, he created an online storefront providing unique, one-of-a-kind apparel and accessories for avid dog lovers. One campaign in particular includes a series of fine art posters of famous peoples doppelgänger dogs with canine quotes to match. Enjoy!
More info: luandpete.co
#1 Mark Twain
“Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.”
— Mark Twain, a Biography, 1835-1910
“If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man.”
— Pudd’nhead Wilson’s Calendar, 1894
“The dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to his heaven, not man’s.”
— Letter to William D. Howells, 1899
#2 Winston Churchill
Even one of history’s more interesting figures had immense respect for dogs, especially his dog Rufus.
Case in point, once watching the movie ‘Oliver Twist’, Churchill placed his hands over Rufus’ eyes during the scene in which Bill Sykes attempts to drown a bull terrier, saying: “Don’t look now, dear. I’ll tell you about it afterwards.”
— Winston Churchill
#3 Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe became a star during a time where she never received the respect she deserved, leading her to look for companionship in dogs much like she grew up with.
“I like animals. If you talk to a dog or a cat, it doesn’t tell you to shut up.”
— Marilyn Monroe
#4 Abraham Lincoln
A lifelong pet owner, Abraham Lincoln gave his little Fido the best years a dog could have. Accompanying the former president everywhere, Fido started as a stray Honest Abe took in at his home in Springfield where Fido became a mascot.
#5 Plato
“The disposition of noble dogs is to be gentle with people they know and the opposite with those they don’t know…
“How, then, can the dog be anything other than a lover of learning since it defines what’s its own and what’s alien.”
— Plato
#6 Albert Einstein
Einstein understood and embraced the connection between human and canine.
His fox terrier Chico Marx was his most well known companion, admitting, “The dog is very smart. He feels sorry for me because I receive so much mail.”
— Albert Einstein
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