Philip Treacy
Philip Treacy
Philip Treacy OBEis an Irish milliner and designer based in London...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionDesigner
Date of Birth26 May 1967
CountryIreland
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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.
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America brought us the baseball cap; it's one of my favorite hats.
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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.
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I remember in the early nineties people saying the hat was just for old women, but that's ridiculous.
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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.
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I'm representative of 21st century Irish design, so I promote Irishness all over the world wherever I go.
I want to excite the eye through hatmaking.
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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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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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I particularly like to travel for work because you see a completely different side of the country you're visiting.
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I must point out - Sarah Jessica Parker is not a diva - she's one of these pop culture characters that everybody likes.
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Every day, I like to make hats that make people dream.
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I love the shape of cars. They are very inspiring as modern pieces of machinery. I can't drive, but I do like the look of them.
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Everybody loves things that sparkle.