Philip Treacy
- January 5, 2024
- Designer
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Philip Treacy Biography
| Name | Philip Treacy |
| Birthday | May 26 |
| Birth Year | 1967 |
| Place Of Birth | Ahascragh |
| Home Town | Ahascragh |
| Birth Country | Ireland |
| Birth Sign | Gemini |
| Parents | Katie Agnes Treacy, James Vincent Treacy |
| Siblings | Sean Treacy, Seamus Treacy, Marian Tubbing |
| Spouse | Stefan Bartlett |
Philip Treacy is one of the most popular and richest Designer who was born on May 26, 1967 in Ahascragh, Ahascragh, Ireland. Philip Anthony Treacy was born on 26 May 1967 in the small village of Ahascragh, near Ballinasloe, in County Galway in the Republic of Ireland, whose population was circa 500. Treacy says that his interest in sewing started at age five, and that his obsession with the weddings in the Catholic church across the road from his house inspired an early passion for fashion. In 1985, at age 17, Treacy moved to Dublin to study fashion at the National College of Art and Design, where he spent a six-week work experience with British milliner Stephen Jones, and graduated in 1987. In 1988, Treacy won an MA scholarship for the Fashion Design course at the Royal College of Art in London, and graduated in 1990 with first class honours.
Treacy won the title of British Accessory Designer of the Year at the British Fashion Awards five times during the 1990s (1991, 1992, 1993, 1996 and 1997). In January 2000, Treacy was invited by the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture to participate in Paris fashion shows, the first milliner to be invited in 80 years. In November 2004, Treacy was named the International Designer of the Year, at the China Fashion Awards in Shanghai. Treacy’s hats have been exhibited, and are housed in the collections of design museums including the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Galleria del Costume of the Palazzo Pitti in Florence. Vogue magazine has described Treacy, on several occasions, as being one of the greatest milliners in the world.
In 1991, aged 23, Treacy got his “big break” when asked by Karl Lagerfeld to come to the Chanel showrooms in Paris for what was to be the start of a long–term working relationship; the meeting was held on the prompting of Blow. The first hat that Treacy designed for Chanel appeared on the cover of British Vogue worn by model Linda Evangelista; the hat was called Twisted Birdcage and was photographed by French fashion photographer, Patrick Demarchelier.
Treacy has also noted the support his parents gave him in pursuing his love of millinery, noting that his father would say: “whatever makes him happy”. Treacy’s father was a baker and his mother was a housewife, however, his father had a weak heart which prevented him from working as a full-time baker, and he eventually died when Treacy was age 11 from a heart attack; Treacy’s mother died in 1993, when he was 25. Treacy called his friendship with his mentor, Isabella Blow, as: “an affair without sex”. He has highlighted the importance of fashion model Grace Jones as a friend.
In 1989, Treacy was discovered and then mentored by fashion editor Isabella Blow, whom Treacy described as the “biggest inspiration” on his life. Blow would wear and promote Treacy’s designs at important fashion events, and helped Treacy to break into some of the main fashion houses, particularly Chanel and Givenchy. Treacy is associated with celebrities such as Lady Gaga, Madonna, and Sarah Jessica Parker. He has been associated with British royalty and has designed hats for royal occasions, including the fascinator (or “pretzel hat”) worn by Princess Beatrice in 2011.
Philip Treacy Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Designer |
| House | Living in own house. |
Philip Treacy is one of the richest Designer from Ireland. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Philip Treacy 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Philip Anthony Treacy OBE (born 26 May 1967) is an award-winning Irish-born 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.
In 1989, he took one of his hats to Michael Roberts, fashion editor of Tatler magazine, and his style editor Isabella Blow. Blow asked Treacy to make a hat for her wedding, and soon after in 1990, invited him to live with her and her new husband Detmar Blow, in their Belgravia home in London, where Treacy worked in their basement. Alexander McQueen, another Blow discovery, also shared her Belgravia home.
In 1991, Treacy opened his first showroom in London (pictured), and won the first of five British Accessory Designer of the Year awards. Two years later, Treacy held his first fashion show during London Fashion Week in Harvey Nichols, with Naomi Campbell, Yasmin Le Bon, Kate Moss, Christy Turlington and Stella Tennant modelling in return for keeping Treacy’s hats, all of which were black. In 1994, he opened up his boutique at 69 Elizabeth Street, in Belgravia, London, next door to Isabella Blow’s residence at number 67.
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Who is Philip Treacy Dating?
According to our records, Philip Treacy married to Stefan Bartlett. As of December 1, 2023, Philip Treacy’s is not dating anyone.
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Treacy has designed hats for films, including the Harry Potter film series, and most notably the Beauxbatons hat for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire in 2005. Sarah Jessica Parker has worn his hats at Sex and the City premieres (2008, 2011), and Met Galas (2013, 2015). Treacy designed Madonna’s gold headpiece for her 2012 Super Bowl XLVI halftime show. Lady Gaga described Treacy as “the greatest milliner of all time”, while hosting his 2012 London Week fashion show. Notable designs for Lady Gaga include a telephone-shaped headpiece with a removable handset hat, worn for her appearance on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross in 2010 (now in permanent display at Madame Tussauds), and a lightning-bolt hat she wore for the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards.
Facts & Trivia
Philip Ranked on the list of most popular Designer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Ireland. Philip Treacy celebrates birthday on May 26 of every year.
As well as Isabella Blow, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Lady Gaga, other notable muses for Treacy’s hats are socialite Daphne Guinness, model Naomi Campbell, and singer, and model, Grace Jones, who used Treacy as art director and designer for her 2009 The Hurricane Tour.
What is Philip Treacy inspiration?
His one-of-a-kind creations draw inspiration from alien landings, clerical garb, military pageantry, and often his own geometric flights of fancy. But for all their otherworldly craftsmanship, Treacy’s hats are as much about the minds they adorn.
Who has Philip Treacy designer hats for?
Treacy designed over twenty hats that were worn at the 19 May 2018 wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle , including by Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, by Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, and by Oprah Winfrey.
How old is Philip Treacy?
55 years (May 26, 1967)
What is Philip Treacy most famous hat?
It was the hat that birthed a thousand memes. Some called it the ‘ pretzel hat ‘, its creator Philip Tracey called it a ‘bow’, but others had less favourable names for Princess Beatrice’s memorable headwear at the royal wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge back in 2011.
Where is Philip Tracey from?
Ahascragh, Ireland