Philip Treacy
Milliner
Philip Treacy is one of Britain's foremost milliners, originally from County Galway in Ireland. Treacy has won British Accessory Designer of the Year award five times and during his acclaimed career, he has worked with design houses Chanel, Versace, Valentino, Thierry Mugler, Rifat Ozbek, Alexander McQueen and Givenchy.
The milliner attended the Royal College of Art in London and his 1990 graduation show gained him international recognition from the fashion industry. 1993 saw Treacy present his first solo show, with Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell and Stella Tennant modelling the collection. In January 2000, Treacy was invited by the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture to stage his Orchid collection during couture fashion week in Paris - the first ever haute couture show in Paris devoted to hats.
Treacy has gone on to move into the world of interior design, following his 'Portrait Chair' for Habitat's Very Important Product range in 2004. He was appointed as Design Director for the Interiors of Monogram Hotel's flagship property in London in 2005. In 2000 his work was the subject of the exhibition Unlikely Sculpture, and in 2002 he exhibited hats created for Isabella Blow in When Philip Met Isabella at the Design Museum in London, accompanied by the first Philip Treacy book published by Assouline to catalogue the exhibition. In 2007, Treacy was awarded an OBE by Her Majesty The Queen in recognition of his services to the British fashion industry.
Philip Treacy is one of Britain's foremost milliners, originally from County Galway in Ireland. Treacy has won British Accessory Designer of the Year award five times and during his acclaimed career, he has worked with design houses Chanel, Versace, Valentino, Thierry Mugler, Rifat Ozbek, Alexander McQueen and Givenchy.
The milliner attended the Royal College of Art in London and his 1990 graduation show gained him international recognition from the fashion industry. 1993 saw Treacy present his first solo show, with Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell and Stella Tennant modelling the collection. In January 2000, Treacy was invited by the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture to stage his Orchid collection during couture fashion week in Paris - the first ever haute couture show in Paris devoted to hats.
Treacy has gone on to move into the world of interior design, following his 'Portrait Chair' for Habitat's Very Important Product range in 2004. He was appointed as Design Director for the Interiors of Monogram Hotel's flagship property in London in 2005. In 2000 his work was the subject of the exhibition Unlikely Sculpture, and in 2002 he exhibited hats created for Isabella Blow in When Philip Met Isabella at the Design Museum in London, accompanied by the first Philip Treacy book published by Assouline to catalogue the exhibition. In 2007, Treacy was awarded an OBE by Her Majesty The Queen in recognition of his services to the British fashion industry.
