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

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" 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. "

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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. "

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

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

" 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 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. "

" 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. "

" The success of a hat definitely lies with balancing the personality of the wearer with the type of occasion. Don't listen to those rules about face shape. "

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

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

" I remember in the early nineties people saying the hat was just for old women, but that's ridiculous. "

" 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. "

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

" I am very proud to be Irish. "

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" Shopping can be a nightmare - first finding something to wear and then finding something to go with it, it's so difficult when there's so much choice. It can feel like entering a battleground. "

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

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

" 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. "

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