Philip Treacy Quotes

• Elegance is all in the mind of the wearer.

  Philip Treacy

  Mind, Elegance

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

  Philip Treacy

  People, Hats, Radical

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

  Philip Treacy

  People, Feel Good, Hats

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• Fantasy hats give you the possibility to dream.

  Philip Treacy

  Dream, Giving, Hats

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• I think and hope I have changed the way we look at hats. They are no longer symbols of conformity but highly individual acts of rebellion. I am constantly challenging the perception of what a hat should be and what role it should play.

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  Thinking, Play, Challenges

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

  Philip Treacy

  Hats, Feels

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

  Philip Treacy

  Magic, Different, Royalty

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• You know that scenario where roses are red, leaves are green, I love arguing that. ‘Why should they be?’. I hate rules and formulas. That’s so boring. It’s the opposite of creativity. Rules are ridiculous things that are meant to be broken.

  Philip Treacy

  Hate, Creativity, Opposites

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

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  Hats, Emotion, Feels

  "Philip Treacy: 'I like hats that make the heart beat faster'". Interview with Kate Kellaway, www.theguardian.com. July 09, 2011.

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• I always design the hat with the wearer in mind; otherwise, it's an inanimate object.

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  Design, Mind, Inanimate Objects

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• I like hats that make the heart beat faster.

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  Heart, Hats, Beats

  "Philip Treacy: 'I like hats that make the heart beat faster'". Interview with Kate Kellaway, www.theguardian.com. July 09, 2011.

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• Every day, I like to make hats that make people dream.

  Philip Treacy

  Dream, People, Hats

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• I believe in a democratic approach to fashion: if you feel good, then great. You may not look good, but it's not the problem.

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  Fashion, Believe, Feel Good

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• I'm Irish but I design something that is quintessentially English and I love hats.

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  Design, Hats

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• Everybody loves things that sparkle.

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  Sparkle

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• I believe that I am a hat designer, not a milliner.

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  Believe, Hats, I Believe

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• In a world where every man and his dog is a designer, Alexander McQueen was the real deal. His talent was supersonic.

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  Dog, Real, Men

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• It thrills observers and makes the wearer feel a million dollars.

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  Dollars, Feels, Observers

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

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  Fashion, Night, Pounds

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• Gaga is an entertainer, so a hat for her is part of the illusion of entertaining.

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  Hats, Illusion, Gaga

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

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  Jobs, People, Interesting

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• I do say I'm a specialist in divas. Name a diva - I've worked with 'em.

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  Names, Ems, Specialists

  "Philip Treacy On His New Hat Range For Thomson: 'I'm A Specialist In Divas'". Grazia interview, uk.style.yahoo.com. May 31, 2013.

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• 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 visual aspect of the collection excites me most. For designers, we care about the photographs much more than a Ferrari.

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  Ferrari, Collaboration, Campaigns

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• Certainly, people like Gaga have introduced a new type of hat-wearing.

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  People, Hats, Type

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

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  Country, Different, Sides

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