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" Everybody loves things that sparkle. "

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

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

" 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 particularly like to travel for work because you see a completely different side of the country you're visiting. "

" 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. "

" Wearing a hat is fun; people have a good time when they're wearing a hat. "

" There's a technicality to designing and wearing hats. A hat is balancing the proportions of your face; it's like architecture or mathematics. "

" 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. "

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

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

" When you meet someone, you meet their face. It's the most potent part of the body to embellish. "

" What I love most about Her Majesty is that she has kept hats alive in people's minds for more than 60 years. You can't think of her without imagining her with a hat or a crown. I would, of course, love to design one for her. "

" I am very proud to be Irish. "

" Not long ago, a hat was a conformist accessory. Then the 1960s came along, and young people didn't want to wear hats. "

" I want to excite the eye through hatmaking. "

" The classic hat image was during the Forties and Fifties, and Elizabeth Taylor was the epitome of that; she was the ultimate celebrity of excess and glamour, and she worked major sun hats. "

" Fantasy hats give you the possibility to dream. "

" People are dressing like stars, which is kind of fantastic. "

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

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

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

" Try on 100 different hats if you can, until you find the one that suits you best. It's a trial and error thing. "

" 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. "

" When people think of hats, they think of her majesty the queen. "

" 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. "

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

" People, when they buy a hat, they can't explain why they want to buy it or why they want it, but they do. It's like chocolate. "