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" People are dressing like stars, which is kind of fantastic. "
Philip Treacy
Kind
Stars
People
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" I want to excite the eye through hatmaking. "
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" When people think of hats, they think of her majesty the queen. "
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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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" Try on 100 different hats if you can, until you find the one that suits you best. It's a trial and error thing. "
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" There's a technicality to designing and wearing hats. A hat is balancing the proportions of your face; it's like architecture or mathematics. "
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" 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. "
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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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Sewing
" Not long ago, a hat was a conformist accessory. Then the 1960s came along, and young people didn't want to wear hats. "
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Want
" 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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Own
Hat
Mother
" The personality of the wearer and the hat makes the hat. "
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Hat
Personality
Makes
" Hats are really for ultimate occasions, so when I make one, I try to do something different, something noticeable. "
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Different
Ultimate
Try
" I do say I'm a specialist in divas. Name a diva - I've worked with 'em. "
Philip Treacy
Worked
Specialist
Say
" I must point out - Sarah Jessica Parker is not a diva - she's one of these pop culture characters that everybody likes. "
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Culture
She
Point
" Gaga is an entertainer, so a hat for her is part of the illusion of entertaining. "
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Her
Hat
Part
" When you're wearing something on your head, you feel beautiful. "
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Feel
Your
You
" Shopping can be a nightmare - first finding something to wear and then finding something to go with it, it's so difficult when there's so much choice. It can feel like entering a battleground. "
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Choice
Feel
Shopping
" I'm representative of 21st century Irish design, so I promote Irishness all over the world wherever I go. "
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Irish
World
Over
" 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. "
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" Somebody can feel elegant without being elegant. It's a personality. "
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Without
Feel
Elegant
" 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. "
Philip Treacy
Love
Drive
Modern
" 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. "
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Want
Chocolate
Hat
" 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. "
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Good
Believe
" America brought us the baseball cap; it's one of my favorite hats. "
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" I believe that I am a hat designer, not a milliner. "
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" I particularly like to travel for work because you see a completely different side of the country you're visiting. "
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" Royalty is completely different than celebrity. Royalty has a magic all its own. "
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" Every day, I like to make hats that make people dream. "
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" 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. "
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Life