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All Quotes by author - Philip Treacy

" America brought us the baseball cap; it's one of my favorite hats. "

" A person carries off the hat. Hats are about emotion. It is all about how it makes you feel. "

" At home, I had seven brothers, one sister. I sewed clothes for my sister's dolls although she was grown and gone away. I was a weirdo but didn't think I was a weirdo. "

" Certainly, people like Gaga have introduced a new type of hat-wearing. "

" Elegance is all in the mind of the wearer. "

" Everybody loves things that sparkle. "

" Every day, I like to make hats that make people dream. "

" Fantasy hats give you the possibility to dream. "

" Fashion is an illusion. It's a multibillion-pound industry that has to appear frivolous. Designers work and work and work, all night sometimes. "

" Gaga is an entertainer, so a hat for her is part of the illusion of entertaining. "

" Hat-making is laborious and time-consuming. It's a very tactile medium, and you can develop the skills, but it's one of those things: you either have it, or you don't. I love bringing something to fruition with my hands that gives people pleasure. "

" Hats are attached to special moments in people's lives - weddings, or the races. In difficult times, people still get married; they still want to look their best. "

" Hats are for life's ultimate moments. They're worn at races, at weddings. Occasions many of us, who aren't royals and celebrities, only attend once or twice in a lifetime. "

" Hats are radical; only people that wear hats understand that. "

" Hats are really for ultimate occasions, so when I make one, I try to do something different, something noticeable. "

" Hats are the epitome of Englishness, and a royal wedding is the penultimate moment for a hat designer. I'm Irish, but I am a royalist and I believe in fantasy. "

" Hats make people feel good, and that's the point of them. "

" How a hat makes you feel is what a hat is all about. "

" I always design the hat with the wearer in mind; otherwise, it's an inanimate object. "

" I am very proud to be Irish. "

" I believe in a democratic approach to fashion: if you feel good, then great. You may not look good, but it's not the problem. "

" I believe in originality, primarily. However, it's important to know what there has been before to aim in that direction. Art history informs us. It informs our mind. I like to look at books, exhibitions, paintings, as a computer, subconsciously taking on information. "

" I believe that I am a hat designer, not a milliner. "

" I do say I'm a specialist in divas. Name a diva - I've worked with 'em. "

" I empathise with the fact that people want to look their best. A hat is all about how it makes you feel - it's so much better than a nip and tuck, and a lot less painful. "

" I grew up in a little village in the west of Ireland. "

" I grew up in the west of Ireland, and Galway was our local seaside resort. We'd go for one day of the year during the summer, and I have enduring memories of the sand and the sea. "

" I like hats that make the heart beat faster. "

" I love the romance of what I do, although because of Isabella, Lady Gaga and Grace Jones, people think I have crazy customers. Sometimes I get more enthusiasm from the housewife who wants a hat and believes in it. "

" I love the shape of cars. They are very inspiring as modern pieces of machinery. I can't drive, but I do like the look of them. "

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