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

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" I want to excite the eye through hatmaking. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I am very proud to be Irish. "

" Everybody loves things that sparkle. "

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" You always see a better side of where you're visiting when a local shows you around. "

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

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