Philip Treacy Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“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.”

“I used to make clothes for my sister's dolls. I couldn't care less for the dolls, but I could make the clothes really easily.”

“The classic hat image was during the Forties and Fifties, and Elizabeth Taylor was the epitome of that; she was the ultimate celebrity of excess and glamour, and she worked major sun hats.”

“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.”

“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.”

“The only person I never made a hat for was my mother because my mother didn't really - she preferred to make her own hats. I mean, she was intrigued by everything, but she didn't want one of my hats. She made her own.”

“Women come into our shop for that ultimate moment in their life. They're buying a dream. They're buying a moment for themselves. That's what I sell - moments.”

“Hats are really for ultimate occasions, so when I make one, I try to do something different, something noticeable.”

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

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