Philip Treacy

Colourful butterflies, outsized sixties flowers, dramatic silk bows – Philip Treacy’s amazing concoctions of silks, satins and taffeta often resemble spaceships, skylines, beehives and spider webs.

Treacy’s millinery masterpieces have graced the heads of some of the world’s most famous and glamorous. Now considered by some to be more art than fashion, Philip Treacy never fails to deliver anything less than sensational.

Born in a small Irish village in 1967, Treacy recalls being inspired as a small boy, by the weddings held in the local church and spent much of his childhood creating clothes for his sister’s dolls.

Treacy studied fashion at the National College of Art and Design in Dublin and later at the Royal College of Art in London.

1989 saw Treacy meet Style Icon Isabella Blow and set up a workshop in the basement of her home in Belgravia. Blow provided him with not only a muse, but a connection with the world of Haute Couture. Treacy has since designed couture hats for Valentino, Versace, Givenchy, Chanel, Ralph Lauren,Donna Karen, Alexander McQueen and Rifat Ozbeck.

Personal clients include The Duchess of Cornwall who commissioned the millinery for her wedding to The Pince of Wales in 2005. Sarah Jessica Parker also wore a fabulous foot high Treacy creation to the London Premier of “Sex and The City” featuring flowers, butterflies and peacock feathers.