I want to excite the eye through hatmaking.
From Philip Treacy
People, when they buy a hat, they can't explain why they want to buy it or why they want it, but they do. It's like chocolate.
I do say I'm a specialist in divas. Name a diva - I've worked with 'em.
I must point out - Sarah Jessica Parker is not a diva - she's one of these pop culture characters that everybody likes.
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.
Not long ago, a hat was a conformist accessory. Then the 1960s came along, and young people didn't want to wear hats.
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.
Hats are really for ultimate occasions, so when I make one, I try to do something different, something noticeable.
When you're wearing something on your head, you feel beautiful.
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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