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" Somebody can feel elegant without being elegant. It's a personality. "
Philip Treacy
Without
Feel
Elegant
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" 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. "
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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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" Royalty is completely different than celebrity. Royalty has a magic all its own. "
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" I make hats for lots of iconic people, and that makes my job very interesting. "
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" When you meet someone, you meet their face. It's the most potent part of the body to embellish. "
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" Certainly, people like Gaga have introduced a new type of hat-wearing. "
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" 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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" 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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" 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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" I always design the hat with the wearer in mind; otherwise, it's an inanimate object. "
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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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" Wearing a hat is fun; people have a good time when they're wearing a hat. "
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" People are dressing like stars, which is kind of fantastic. "
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" I remember in the early nineties people saying the hat was just for old women, but that's ridiculous. "
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" 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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Feel
Shopping
" I do say I'm a specialist in divas. Name a diva - I've worked with 'em. "
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Worked
Specialist
Say
" The personality of the wearer and the hat makes the hat. "
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" 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. "
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Love
Drive
Modern
" Fashion is an illusion. It's a multibillion-pound industry that has to appear frivolous. Designers work and work and work, all night sometimes. "
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" When you're wearing something on your head, you feel beautiful. "
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" Gaga is an entertainer, so a hat for her is part of the illusion of entertaining. "
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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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Moment
Dream
Life
" Everybody loves things that sparkle. "
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" You always see a better side of where you're visiting when a local shows you around. "
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" 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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" I grew up in a little village in the west of Ireland. "
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