Philip Treacy : (6) " I believe that I am a hat designer, not a milliner. " - Philip Treacy " 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. " - Philip Treacy " 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. " - Philip Treacy " America brought us the baseball cap; it’s one of my favorite hats. " - Philip Treacy " I grew up in a little village in the west of Ireland. " - Philip Treacy " Somebody can feel elegant without being elegant. It’s a personality. " - Philip Treacy