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" 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. "

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" 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. "

Philip Treacy

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Fun

Attitude

" 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. "

" Everybody loves things that sparkle. "

" I want to excite the eye through hatmaking. "

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

Philip Treacy

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

" I like hats that make the heart beat faster. "

" 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. "

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

Philip Treacy

People

Hat

" I am very proud to be Irish. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" Fashion is an illusion. It's a multibillion-pound industry that has to appear frivolous. Designers work and work and work, all night sometimes. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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