What I love most about Her Majesty is that she has kept hats alive in people's minds for more than 60 years.… — Philip Treacy Copy Share Image
People, when they buy a hat, they can't explain why they want to buy it or why they want it, but they… — Philip Treacy Copy Share Image
Not long ago, a hat was a conformist accessory. Then the 1960s came along, and young people didn't want to wear hats. — Philip Treacy Copy Share Image
Gaga is an entertainer, so a hat for her is part of the illusion of entertaining. — Philip Treacy Copy Share Image
The classic hat image was during the Forties and Fifties, and Elizabeth Taylor was the epitome of that; she was the ultimate… — Philip Treacy Copy Share Image
The only person I never made a hat for was my mother because my mother didn't really - she preferred to make… — Philip Treacy Copy Share Image
A person carries off the hat. Hats are about emotion. It is all about how it makes you feel. — Philip Treacy Copy Share Image
When people come and visit me and have a hat made, it's a little bit like visiting a psychiatrist, but they don't… — Philip Treacy Copy Share Image
There is no attitude required. The hat brings the attitude. And when people try on a hat they like, it is a… — Philip Treacy Copy Share Image
Wearing a hat is fun; people have a good time when they're wearing a hat. — Philip Treacy Copy Share Image
I remember in the early nineties people saying the hat was just for old women, but that's ridiculous. — Philip Treacy Copy Share Image
I empathise with the fact that people want to look their best. A hat is all about how it makes you feel… — Philip Treacy Copy Share Image
The success of a hat definitely lies with balancing the personality of the wearer with the type of occasion. Don't listen to… — Philip Treacy Copy Share Image
There's a technicality to designing and wearing hats. A hat is balancing the proportions of your face; it's like architecture or mathematics. — Philip Treacy Copy Share Image
My aim is to change people's perceptions of what a hat can look like in the 21st century. — Philip Treacy Copy Share Image
I always design the hat with the wearer in mind; otherwise, it's an inanimate object. — Philip Treacy Copy Share Image
I love the romance of what I do, although because of Isabella, Lady Gaga and Grace Jones, people think I have crazy… — Philip Treacy Copy Share Image
So my advice is to always choose something simpler - an expressive outfit, plus a hat, can be frightening. — Philip Treacy Copy Share Image
Hats are the epitome of Englishness, and a royal wedding is the penultimate moment for a hat designer. I'm Irish, but I… — Philip Treacy Copy Share Image
MAC allowed me to have complete freedom on the collaborations—from the shades, the look-and-feel, to the campaign visuals. I have to admit that the… — Philip Treacy Copy Share Image
Royalty is completely different than celebrity. Royalty has a magic all its own. — Philip Treacy Copy Share Image
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… — Philip Treacy Copy Share Image
Shopping can be a nightmare - first finding something to wear and then finding something to go with it, it's so difficult when there's… — Philip Treacy Copy Share Image
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… — Philip Treacy Copy Share Image
Not long ago, a hat was a conformist accessory. Then the 1960s came along, and young people didn't want to wear hats. — Philip Treacy Copy Share Image
Gaga is an entertainer, so a hat for her is part of the illusion of entertaining. — Philip Treacy Copy Share Image
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.… — Philip Treacy Copy Share Image
Often, what makes my job so exciting is designing for the mother whose dream has been to wear one of my hats at her… — Philip Treacy Copy Share Image
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… — Philip Treacy Copy Share Image
I particularly like to travel for work because you see a completely different side of the country you're visiting. — Philip Treacy Copy Share Image
