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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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