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

So my advice is to always choose something simpler - an expressive outfit, plus a hat, can be frightening.

Hats are the epitome of Englishness, and a royal wedding is the penultimate moment for a hat designer. I'm Irish, but I am a royalist and I believe in fantasy.

Shopping can be a nightmare - first finding something to wear and then finding something to go with it, it's so difficult when there's so much choice. It can feel like entering a battleground.

In Rome, I particularly love the history, churches, sculptures and architecture and the fact that you can walk along a tiny cobbled street and turn the corner to find the Trevi Fountain. London is evocative of other eras and full of history.

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

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

I empathise with the fact that people want to look their best. A hat is all about how it makes you feel - it's so much better than a nip and tuck, and a lot less painful.

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

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

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

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

Fantasy hats give you the possibility to dream.

Try on 100 different hats if you can, until you find the one that suits you best. It's a trial and error thing.

People are dressing like stars, which is kind of fantastic.

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

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

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

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.

I want to excite the eye through hatmaking.

There is no attitude required. The hat brings the attitude. And when people try on a hat they like, it is a bit of fun. It makes them laugh. You don't laugh when you put on a pair of shoes, but you do with a hat.