80 Quotes by 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.

At home, I had seven brothers, one sister. I sewed clothes for my sister's dolls although she was grown and gone away. I was a weirdo but didn't think I was a weirdo.

America brought us the baseball cap; it's one of my favorite hats.

I want to excite the eye through hatmaking.

I'm representative of 21st century Irish design, so I promote Irishness all over the world wherever I go.

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.

Fashion is an illusion. It's a multibillion-pound industry that has to appear frivolous. Designers work and work and work, all night sometimes.

I particularly like to travel for work because you see a completely different side of the country you're visiting.