Philip Treacy

Philip Treacy OBE (* 26. May 1967 in Ballinasloe in County Galway ) is an Irish haute couture - milliner and designer . He regularly equips the members of the British royal family and numerous well-known public figures with his hat creations. Philip Treacy works with many haute couture labels together and has at fashion shows own presentations of his hat models.

Life

Philip Treacy grew up with his eight siblings in a small village near the town of Ballinasloe in western Ireland. In 1985 he began studying at the National College of Art and Design in Dublin . Treacy saw designing hats as a hobby while still a student. In 1988 he won a scholarship to the Royal College of Art in London. During his studies, he worked as a freelancer for the fashion designers John Galliano and Rifat Özbek .

His graduation show in 1990 earned him recognition in the international fashion industry and he opened his own shop in London at the home of Detmar and Isabella Blow . Isabella Blow, a well-known Tatler milliner and style editor , helped Treacy start his own career by wearing his hats almost exclusively.

Hat creation for Alexander McQueen's autumn collection "The girl who lived in the tree"

Philip Treacy first worked for Chanel under Karl Lagerfeld and later for Donna Karan , Ralph Lauren , Thierry Mugler , Givenchy , Versace and Valentino . In 1991 Linda Evangelista wore a hat made by Treacy for Chanel on the cover of British Vogue , photographed by French photographer Patrick Demarchelier . Treacy got his first own fashion show during London Fashion Week in 1993, when Kate Moss , Naomi Campbell , Christy Turlington and Stella Tennant presented the all-black hats, among others . As early as the early 1990s, he was named British Accessory Designer of the Year five times .

Treacy has had his own shop since 1994, in which he sells three of his own labels - Silver, Purple and Men’s - for hat creations. In 1997 he expanded his accessory creations to include handbags, gloves and leather goods. In the same year he dressed his first show in New York with his hats.

In 1999 Alexander McQueen , who worked as chief designer at Givenchy, asked him to design the hats for his white collection .

In 1999 he was invited by the Federation Françoise de la Couture to present his hats at the first haute couture show in 70 years, which was exclusively dedicated to hats, at the spring-summer show. In addition to its own annual fashion shows, Treacy equips the shows of Chanel, Valentino and Christian Dior, among others, with mostly extravagant hat creations. In 2002, he dedicated the exhibition When Philip Met Isabella at the London Design Museum to his mentor Isabella Blow with all the hat designs he has created for her since 1990. In the same year his achievements were honored in a separate show at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, at which Naomi Campbell presented the hat models.

Inspired by Isabella Blow, he dedicated his third haute couture show in 2003 to Andy Warhol . In addition to extravagant hats such as the Campbell soup can hat or the banana hat, he completed his Warhol collection with waterproof accessories that were decorated with prints from Warhol.

In 2004, Treacy was commissioned to design the interior for a hotel: the 103-bed The g-Hotel in Galway , which was built in 2005. For the 40th company anniversary of the interior furnishing chain Habitat , he designed the Portrait Chair in 2004 . At the same time, he expanded his line of accessories to include a sunglasses collection.

In 2006 the hatter decorated the exhibition Anglomania: Tradition and Transgression in British Fashion in the Metropolitan Museum with hats from his orchid collection, which were combined with dresses from the 18th century and trains. In the same year he began working with the British sportswear manufacturer Umbro .

For the funeral of his sponsor Isabella Blow in June 2007, Treacy decorated the fashion journalist's coffin with a black frigate hat that he had designed for her in 1995. For the first time he presented his hats at an exhibition during the Royal Ascot horse race. In November 2007, Treacy was named Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Prince Charles in the presence of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall , at a ceremony at Clarence House for his service to the British fashion industry .

Philip Treacy factory show in Moscow 2014/2015

He designed the outfits and headgear for Grace Jones' stage shows at the Massiv Attack Meltdown Festival 2008 and the Hurricane Tour 2009. For the BRIT Awards 2014, Treacy was commissioned to design the statues that will be presented to the winners.

In November 2014, the two-month exhibition Philip Treacy: Hats in the 21st Century of Philip Tracey's hat designs opened at the Chekhov House Museum in Moscow .

style

Philip Treacy's hat models are very diverse, from classic to futuristic creations. In addition to large hats, Treacy also designs elaborate fascinators . He prefers to use high-quality materials in the design of his hats, such as diamonds from the British jeweler Asprey & Garrard, black pearls from Tahiti , hand-turned Yokohama chicken feathers and artificial flowers from the Heide Steyer manufactory .

Treacy has also designed numerous films, including the Harry Potter films and Sex and the City, with hat designs. Depending on the material and effort involved, Philip Treacy hats can cost tens of thousands of pounds sterling .

Philip Treacy's customers

Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge in Ottawa on the 2011 Canadian National Day with a red maple hat

Philip Treacy is considered one of the most influential hat designers today. In 2005, Camilla Parker Bowles wore a hat creation made of curved feathers at her wedding to Prince Charles, a model that she would choose several times over in the next few years in different color variants. Queen Elizabeth II wore numerous designs by Philip Treacy, including at Royal Ascot horse races in 2009. For the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton on April 29, 2011, he created 36 hat creations for the invited guests, including the hats of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, the princesses Beatrice of York and Eugenie of York , Zara Phillips , Princess Michael of Kent , the Princess Mathilde of Belgium as well as Tara Palmer-Tomkinson and Victoria Beckham . In particular, Treacy's hat for Beatrice of York was judged controversially, which evoked associations in the media with a pig-colored giant pretzel, a toilet seat or an elk antler, but was then auctioned for over 93,000 euros.

In addition to social events such as weddings and the traditional Ascot horse races, Treacy regularly equips actresses and singers with unusual headgear for premieres and extravagant appearances. His favorite customers include Sarah Jessica Parker , Lady Gaga , Kim Cattrall and Emma Watson .

His hat designs are worn by famous women as well as men, including David Beckham , Boy George and Guy Ritchie .

Awards

• Five-time British Accessory Designer of the Year winner, awarded by the British Fashion Council
• 2001 Moet & Chandon Award for Luxery
• 2003 Dream Weaver Award, presented by Fashion Group International
• 2004 International Designer of the Year
• 2004 China Fashion Awards, Shanghai
• 2006 Honorary Doctorate from the National University of Ireland
• 2007 Appointment as Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Famous hat creations

Lady Gaga with a telephone hat (as a wax model)

Philip Treacy designed numerous headgear that attracted a great deal of media attention and is now exhibited in design museums. The most famous creations include:

• Opium cave hat worn by Naomi Campbell
• Lady Gaga's phone hat, worn in 2010
• Lady Gaga's ice crystal hat worn at the 2009 Grammy Awards
• Lady Gaga lobster hat
• Lady Gaga's antler hat
• Lady Gaga's floral helmet worn at London Fashion Week 2013
• The Ship , the black frigate hat for Isabella Blow 1995
• The Castle for Isabella Blow, u. a. based on a model from Neuschwanstein Castle
• Blow hat for Isabella Blow
• Chinese Garden hat for Isabella Blow, 2005
• Feather fascinator by Camilla Parker Bowles at her wedding in 2005
• Princess Beatrice of York's butterfly hat worn at the wedding of Peter Phillips and Autumn Kelly
• Green fascinator by Sarah Jessica Parker at the world premiere of Sex And The City at the Odeon, Leicester Square
• Mohawk hat for Sarah Jessica Parker, worn at the 2013 MET Gala
• Campbell soup can hat for Naomi Campbell, 2003
• Shocking Pink Roswell Hat , Worn &. a. by Grace Jones and Isabella Blow
• Red maple fascinator from Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, on Canada Day 2011
• Pink hand worn by Grace Jones in 2012
• Egyptian headdress worn by Madonna at the 2012 Super Bowl
• Smiley Face worn on a 2012 fashion show

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  Hat design for Beatrice of York

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  Lady Gaga with a straw hat

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  Grace Jones with a mohawk hat

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  Long hair hat for Lady Gaga

Exhibitions

Philip Treacy's hat designs have been exhibited in numerous solo exhibitions at fashion shows and design museums. a.

• Fashion meets arts at the Biennale of Florence (1996)
• The cutting edge at the Victoria and Albert Museum , London (1997)
• Addressing the century in the Hayward Gallery , London and Satellites of Fashion in the Crafts Council , London (1998)
• Unlikely Sculpture , London (2000), later in Dublin (2001) and Milan (2001)
• Venice Art Biennale , in collaboration with Vanessa Beecroft (2001)
• When Philip Met Isabella: Philip Treacy's hats for Isabella Blow in the Design Museum , London (2002), later in Melbourne (2003), Sydney (2003), St. Petersburg (2007)
• Fashion show during Royal Ascot at Bessborough Restaurant (2008, 2009)
• Haute Couture Orchids at the Anglmania Exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art , New York
• Isabella Blow: Fashion Galore! at Somerset House (2013 to 2014), London

Individual evidence

1. ^ Obituary Isabella Blow, May 17, 2010 , accessed January 1, 2014.
2. ↑ Vogue: Voguepedia - Philip Treacy ( Memento of the original from December 1, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed January 14, 2014. 
3. ↑ FAZ.net: Designer ABC Philip Treacy , accessed on January 14, 2014.
4. ↑ Stern.de: At Treacy, the stars turn their heads - April 17, 2002 ( Memento of the original from January 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed January 2, 2014. 
5. ↑ Siskgroup: The g hotel in Galway , accessed on January 2, 2014.
6. ↑ Independent.co.uk: Rise and Fall of the empire that shaped britains habitat , accessed January 15, 2014.
7. ↑ Vogue: Voguepedia - Philip Treacy ( Memento of the original from December 1, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed January 14, 2014. 
8. ↑ BBC.co.uk: In Pictures: Isabella Blow's funeral , accessed January 15, 2014
9. ↑ BBC.co.uk: Brit Awards 2014: Philip Treacy designs trophy , accessed January 15, 2014.
10. ↑ philip-treacy.ru: Philip Treacy: Hats in the 21st Century ( Memento of the original from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed March 15, 2015 
11. ↑ Stern.de: At Treacy, the stars turn their heads - April 17, 2002 ( Memento of the original from January 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed January 2, 2014. 
12. ↑ berliner-zeitung.de: A manufactory in Saxony makes stunning artificial flowers for haute couture , April 29, 2005 , accessed on November 21, 2015
13. ↑ Amazing hats by Philip Treacy , accessed January 17, 2014
14. ↑ FAZ.net: Designer ABC: Philip Treacy , accessed on January 1, 2014.
15. ↑ Daily news: Royal wedding adorned Philip Treacy hats designer made 36 hats important guests , accessed December 29, 2013.
16. ↑ Spiegel.de: Hat designer Philip Treacy: Pure head thing , May 10, 2013 , accessed on January 2, 2014.
17. ↑ n-tv.de: Beatrice's hat is gone , accessed on January 15, 2014.
18. ↑ Brigitte.de: Women from the world wear hat ( Memento of the original from January 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed January 15, 2014. 
19. ↑ Spiegel.de: Hat designer Philip Treacy designs for Sarah Jessica Parker and Lady Gaga , accessed on January 15, 2014.
20. ↑ Stern.de: At Treacy, the stars turn their heads - April 17, 2002 ( Memento of the original from January 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed January 2, 2014. 
21. ↑ Kölner Stadtanzeiger: Der neue Mut zum Hut , April 3, 2009 , accessed on January 2, 2014.
22. ↑ Spiegel.de: New York stars celebrate punk at the MET Ball , photo gallery, image 1 , accessed on January 2, 2014.
23. ↑ Faz.net: Soup Can Hat , March 31, 2006 , accessed January 2, 2014.
24. ↑ Designmuseum.org: Vita Philip Treacy ( Memento of the original from January 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed January 17, 2014 

literature

• Philip Treacy: Philip Treacy: When Philip Met Isabella . Assouline 2011, ISBN 978-2-84323-393-7
• Smith Etherington and Paula Reed: Philip Treacy , ISBN 88-8158-355-0 , 2001 (English)
• Philip Treacy, Kevin Davies: Philip Treacy by Kevin Davies , Phaidon, Berlin 2013; ISBN 978-0-7148-6527-0 , 199 pages (English)
• Philip Treacy: Philip Treacy , Edizioni Charta, Milano 2001, ISBN 978-88-8158-355-3 , 72 pages (Italian, English)

Web links

Commons : Designs by Philip Treacy  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Philip Treacy in the catalog of the German National Library
• Spiegel.de: Photo series of Treacy's hat models
• The Guardian: The hats of Philip Treacy - in pictures
• Visionary Artist Mag: Philip Treacy ahead of the game , hat creations by Philip Treacy