Philip Treacy Quotes
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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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You always see a better side of where you're visiting when a local shows you around.
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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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I grew up in a little village in the west of Ireland.
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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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Royalty is completely different than celebrity. Royalty has a magic all its own.
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Everybody loves things that sparkle.
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Hats make people feel good, and that's the point of them.
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I am very proud to be Irish.
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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 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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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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Certainly, people like Gaga have introduced a new type of hat-wearing.
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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.