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Philip Treacy Quotes

Hats make people feel good, and that’s the point of them.

– Philip Treacy

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.

– Philip Treacy

America brought us the baseball cap; it’s one of my favorite hats.

– Philip Treacy

I must point out – Sarah Jessica Parker is not a diva – she’s one of these pop culture characters that everybody likes.

– Philip Treacy

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.

– Philip Treacy

People are dressing like stars, which is kind of fantastic.

– Philip Treacy

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

– Philip Treacy

Wearing a hat is fun; people have a good time when they’re wearing a hat.

– Philip Treacy

I make hats for lots of iconic people, and that makes my job very interesting.

– Philip Treacy

I want to excite the eye through hatmaking.

– Philip Treacy

Certainly, people like Gaga have introduced a new type of hat-wearing.

– Philip Treacy

Every day, I like to make hats that make people dream.

– Philip Treacy

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.

– Philip Treacy

The personality of the wearer and the hat makes the hat.

– Philip Treacy

Everybody loves things that sparkle.

– Philip Treacy

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.

– Philip Treacy

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.

– Philip Treacy

Somebody can feel elegant without being elegant. It’s a personality.

– Philip Treacy

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.

– Philip Treacy

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

– Philip Treacy

Try on 100 different hats if you can, until you find the one that suits you best. It’s a trial and error thing.

– Philip Treacy

Hats are really for ultimate occasions, so when I make one, I try to do something different, something noticeable.

– Philip Treacy

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