Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

" 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. "

Related Quotes:

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

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

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

" The only person I never made a hat for was my mother because my mother didn't really - she preferred to make her own hats. I mean, she was intrigued by everything, but she didn't want one of my hats. She made her own. "

" I used to make clothes for my sister's dolls. I couldn't care less for the dolls, but I could make the clothes really easily. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" Fantasy hats give you the possibility to dream. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" Often, what makes my job so exciting is designing for the mother whose dream has been to wear one of my hats at her child's wedding. I feel as responsible for making her feel like a million dollars as I do for somebody in the public eye. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "