Philip Treacy Quotes


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.


Citations

Treacy, Philip, and Marion Hume. Philip Treacy: Hat Designer. Rizzoli, 2015.

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Philip Treacy
Philip Treacy
  • Born: May 26, 1967
  • Nationality: Irish
  • Profession: Milliner, Hat Designer, Designer

Philip Anthony Treacy OBE is an Irish award-winning 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.