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" 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. "

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" I was just, as a child, very different from the others, and didn't really care what they thought because you know, a child doesn't really have inhibitions; you sort of gain your inhibitions later. "

Philip Treacy

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" I'm representative of 21st century Irish design, so I promote Irishness all over the world wherever I go. "

" My aim is to change people's perceptions of what a hat can look like in the 21st century. "

Philip Treacy

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" My mother had a sewing machine. I was never allowed to use it, but I was so fascinated by this little needle going up and down joining fabric together that I'd use it when my mother went out to feed the chickens. "

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

" 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. "

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

" When you're wearing something on your head, you feel beautiful. "

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

Philip Treacy

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" You always see a better side of where you're visiting when a local shows you around. "

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

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" In Rome, I particularly love the history, churches, sculptures and architecture and the fact that you can walk along a tiny cobbled street and turn the corner to find the Trevi Fountain. London is evocative of other eras and full of history. "

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

" There is no attitude required. The hat brings the attitude. And when people try on a hat they like, it is a bit of fun. It makes them laugh. You don't laugh when you put on a pair of shoes, but you do with a hat. "

" I make hats for lots of iconic people, and that makes my job very interesting. "

" 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. "

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

" Women come into our shop for that ultimate moment in their life. They're buying a dream. They're buying a moment for themselves. That's what I sell - moments. "

" Fantasy hats give you the possibility to dream. "

" Royalty is completely different than celebrity. Royalty has a magic all its own. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" So my advice is to always choose something simpler - an expressive outfit, plus a hat, can be frightening. "

" The personality of the wearer and the hat makes the hat. "

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

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

" Somebody can feel elegant without being elegant. It's a personality. "