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I used to think that I wanted to be a hat maker, but I don't think that would have worked out.

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

My creativity all comes from the same place. I wear one very comfortable, large hat.

I do very little industrial design. I'm asked a lot, but I certainly don't see myself as an industrial designer.

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.

I'm not a designer, I'm an inventor.

I'm a designer, not a businesswoman.

I don't consider myself a fashion designer.

When I say that I'm a businessperson and a dressmaker, it's the truth. I run a business, and I make dresses, I make blouses.