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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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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. "

" 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. "

" Fantasy hats give you the possibility to dream. "

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

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

" I always design the hat with the wearer in mind; otherwise, it's an inanimate object. "

" A person carries off the hat. Hats are about emotion. It is all about how it makes you feel. "

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" 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. "

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