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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" Everybody loves things that sparkle. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Fantasy hats give you the possibility to dream. "

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

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

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

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

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