Philip Anthony Treacy OBE (1967-) is an Irish haute couture milliner, or hat designer, mostly based in London for his career, who was described by Vogue magazine as “perhaps the greatest living milliner”.
His hats are works of art that live timelessly in fashion history, untethered to an obvious decade or trend.
Treacy studied fashion at the National College of Art and Design, where he graduated in 1987. The next year he won an MA scholarship for the Fashion Design course at the Royal College of Art in London, graduating with first class honors.
Widely credited for changing the perception of the hat, he designs hats to flatter and enhance the wearer.
Treacy’s process begins with a drawing, followed by a 3D mock-up in the material.
He then sends the hat shape to a block maker located in Paris who carves it in wood, which serves as the base for the construction of the hat itself.
Everything is handmade as couture manufacturing.
This keeps the hat-making process human as opposed to machine-manufactured and stamped out.
His hats run the gamut between sophisticated and alien, always one of a kind designs from one of a kind dreams.
More of Philip Treacy’s amazing hats can be found at https://www.philiptreacy.co.uk.
Humoring the Goddess 
Wow … if the hat fits, wear it …
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I could see some of his hats in the staring role in that video!
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Wow! Fantastic.
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So happy you were impressed alongside me!
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Fyi: The link is returning Page Not Found, but it’s on the correct site so it’s not a huge deal.
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Thank you! Grrrrrr! This is the second time I’ve screwed up on my blogs and links and all. You might have to put me in the time out corner so I learn to double check everything that goes out. Of course, if I could have some crayons, seeing I’m so close to the wall …
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LOL! I screw up all the time.
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I lurve all the crazier ones!!
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I love “out there” creativity, although I don’t know how to get there nor what I would create if I ever found my way. His hats come from a swirl of magic somewhere deep inside, and I love every one!
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remind me of WHY I loved wearing hats in my younger years!
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Did you? I so wish I were more confident in my earlier years — at least 50 of them! These are so exquisite — you wear them if you really don’t care what others think. How liberating.
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These are amazing!😊
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There were so many unique styles to choose from — sometimes it’s hard choosing from a wide variety of creative experiments!
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Amazing hats. Wow!
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Super amazing, right? Of course, it helps to have gorgeous models to show off your wares…..
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I love looking at these hats but can’t imagine wearing most of them! Ah well.
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Oh… me either! I found this artist while watching an old episode of Project Runway, the competition show for up and coming fashion designers. The hats Treacy created for the designers were waaaaay weirder than these offerings! How can you not check into and highlight someone so creatively off in left field? Ha!
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