The world's only haute couture hat designer-Philip Treacy has inspired a new generation of milliners around the world.
He studied fashion and millinery at the Royal College of Art in London. While still a student, he did freelance work for fashion designers Rifat Ozbek and John Galliano.
He is now based in London, he has designed hats for Alexander McQueen's white 'Haute Couture' collection at Givenchy in Paris, and has also designed for Karl Lagerfeld at Chanel and is truly the best artist of his craft.
Treacy creates hats which are often oversized and striking. He likes working with feathers, which he twists, curls and singes into fantastic shapes such as a two-foot high sailing ship or into delicate feather bonnets which wrap around the face. Many of his hats resemble pieces of sculpture, with balance playing a key role.
Treacy has created vast, concave straw discs which point upwards, huge basketweave platters attached to a tiny satin cap and shirred satin in huge spirals and oyster shapes which frame the face. A master craftsman, Treacy blends elements of Surrealism, mathematics and abstract art into his hatmaking.
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