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" 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. "

Philip Treacy

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

Philip Treacy

Elegance

Mind

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I must point out - Sarah Jessica Parker is not a diva - she's one of these pop culture characters that everybody likes. "

" When people come and visit me and have a hat made, it's a little bit like visiting a psychiatrist, but they don't actually realize that. "

Philip Treacy

Little

Hat

" I am very proud to be Irish. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

Philip Treacy

Baseball

Hats

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

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

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

Philip Treacy

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" I want to excite the eye through hatmaking. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Fantasy hats give you the possibility to 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. "

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