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" 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. "

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" 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

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Hat

" 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. "

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

Philip Treacy

Elegance

Mind

" The classic hat image was during the Forties and Fifties, and Elizabeth Taylor was the epitome of that; she was the ultimate celebrity of excess and glamour, and she worked major sun hats. "

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

" My mother had a sewing machine. I was never allowed to use it, but I was so fascinated by this little needle going up and down joining fabric together that I'd use it when my mother went out to feed the chickens. "

" 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. "

" I am very proud to be Irish. "

" 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. "

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

" 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 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. "

Philip Treacy

Twice

Only

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

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

" I want to excite the eye through hatmaking. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" Fantasy hats give you the possibility to dream. "

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

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

" Hats are really for ultimate occasions, so when I make one, I try to do something different, something noticeable. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "