Everybody loves things that sparkle.

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 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.

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

I'm Irish but I design something that is quintessentially English and I love hats.

Elegance is all in the mind of the wearer.

Royalty is completely different than celebrity. Royalty has a magic all its own.