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" I want to excite the eye through hatmaking. "

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

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" 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. "

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