Philip Treacy People Quotations

When people think of hats, they think of her majesty the queen.

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

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

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

There is no attitude required. The hat brings the attitude. And when people try on a hat they like, it is a bit of fun. It makes them laugh. You don't laugh when you put on a pair of shoes, but you do with a hat.

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

I empathise with the fact that people want to look their best. A hat is all about how it makes you feel - it's so much better than a nip and tuck, and a lot less painful.

Not long ago, a hat was a conformist accessory. Then the 1960s came along, and young people didn't want to wear hats.

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.

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.

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

When people come and visit me and have a hat made, it's a little bit like visiting a psychiatrist, but they don't actually realize that.

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

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.

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

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