Philip Treacy Hats Quotations

Hats are attached to special moments in people's lives - weddings, or the races. In difficult times, people still get married; they still want to look their best.

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

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

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

I believe that I am a hat designer, not a milliner.

Gaga is an entertainer, so a hat for her is part of the illusion of entertaining.

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

I like hats that make the heart beat faster.

Fantasy hats give you the possibility to dream.

I'm Irish but I design something that is quintessentially English and I love hats.

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

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

Hats are radical; only people that wear hats understand that.

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.

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.

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.