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…

- Philip Treacy

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

- Philip Treacy

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

- Philip Treacy

Fantasy hats give you the possibility to dream.

- Philip Treacy

Elegance is all in the mind of the wearer.

- Philip Treacy

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 const…

- Philip Treacy

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

- Philip Treacy

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

- Philip Treacy

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

- Philip Treacy