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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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" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Not long ago, a hat was a conformist accessory. Then the 1960s came along, and young people didn't want to wear hats. "

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

" 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. "

" The success of a hat definitely lies with balancing the personality of the wearer with the type of occasion. Don't listen to those rules about face shape. "

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" Everybody loves things that sparkle. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

" 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. "