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Philip Treacy

designer, modiste, dressmaker, fashion designer

1967

Philip Anthony Treacy is an Irish haute couture milliner, or hat designer, who has been mostly based in London for his career, and who was described by Vogue magazine as "perhaps the greatest living milliner". In 2000, Treacy became the first milliner in eighty years to be invited to exhibit at the Paris haute couture fashion shows. He has won British Accessory Designer of the Year at the British Fashion Awards five times, and has received public honours in both Britain and Ireland. His designs have been displayed at the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

All Quotes by Philip Treacy

“I always design the hat with the wearer in mind; otherwise, it's an inanimate object.”

— Philip Treacy

“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.”

— Philip Treacy

“At home, I had seven brothers, one sister. I sewed clothes for my sister's dolls although she was grown and gone away. I was a weirdo but didn't think I was a weirdo.”

— Philip Treacy

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

— Philip Treacy

“There's a technicality to designing and wearing hats. A hat is balancing the proportions of your face; it's like architecture or mathematics.”

— Philip Treacy

“What I love most about Her Majesty is that she has kept hats alive in people's minds for more than 60 years. You can't think of her without imagining her with a hat or a crown. I would, of course, love to design one for her.”

— Philip Treacy

“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.”

— Philip Treacy