Philip Treacy
Philip Treacy

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

Philip Treacy
Philip Treacy

Royalty is completely different than celebrity. Royalty has a magic all its own.

Philip Treacy
Philip Treacy

Everybody loves things that sparkle.

Philip Treacy
Philip Treacy

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

Philip Treacy
Philip Treacy

The personality of the wearer and the hat makes the hat.

Philip Treacy
Philip Treacy

Elegance is all in the mind of the wearer.

Philip Treacy
Philip Treacy

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

Philip Treacy
Philip Treacy

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. It informs our mind. I like to look at books, exhibitions, paintings, as a computer, subconsciously taking on information.

Philip Treacy
Philip Treacy

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

Philip Treacy
Philip Treacy

I like hats that make the heart beat faster.

Philip Treacy
Philip Treacy

My aim is to change people's perceptions of what a hat can look like in the 21st century.

Philip Treacy
Philip Treacy

I must point out - Sarah Jessica Parker is not a diva - she's one of these pop culture characters that everybody likes.

Philip Treacy
Philip Treacy

You always see a better side of where you're visiting when a local shows you around.

Philip Treacy
Philip Treacy

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
Philip Treacy

My mother had a sewing machine. I was never allowed to use it, but I was so fascinated by this little needle going up and down joining fabric together that I'd use it when my mother went out to feed the chickens.

Philip Treacy
Philip Treacy

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

Philip Treacy
Philip Treacy

I am very proud to be Irish.

Philip Treacy
Philip Treacy

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.

Philip Treacy
Philip Treacy

When you meet someone, you meet their face. It's the most potent part of the body to embellish.

Philip Treacy
Philip Treacy

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.