Philip Treacy Quotes
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Elegance is all in the mind of the wearer.
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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.
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Every day, I like to make hats that make people dream.
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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.
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I am very proud to be Irish.
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A person carries off the hat. Hats are about emotion. It is all about how it makes you feel.
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Hats make people feel good, and that's the point of them.
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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.
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Everybody loves things that sparkle.
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How a hat makes you feel is what a hat is all about.
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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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Royalty is completely different than celebrity. Royalty has a magic all its own.
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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.
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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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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.
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So my advice is to always choose something simpler - an expressive outfit, plus a hat, can be frightening.