Philip
Treacy is one of the most prolific, creative and imaginative designers that our
present world of fashion has ever produced. While his responses may be brief
they are none the less quite potent in their content.
Mr. Treacy
will always be remembered for his longtime friendship with Isabella Blow and
perhaps it is she who catapulted him into the white hot light of fashion. He
has endured far longer than most designers and he is still very much the go to
resource for some of the greatest designers of our era. Mr. Treacy stands alone
in this arena of fashion and one of the very few who can proudly be referred to
as “trendless!”
My oft used
phrase of “designers who design” is possibly more applicable here with him than
with 95% of the population who inhabit this milieu. He is above all a createur
with boundless imagination and infinite capabilities. He has created the
millinery needs of some of the world’s greatest luminaries whether they be the
English royals or the royals of the music business.
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While you
may not have known his name, you have surely seen his mastery on display in
countless magazines and on the heads of the cognoscenti of fashion. Words of
praise fall short in properly describing the prodigious output of this man. He
is one of the very very few who one might call truly deem as a fashion genius!
My advice is
to listen up to what he has to say and to revel in the beauty that belongs to
Philip Treacy.
JF--What is the most treasured
possession in your wardrobe?
PT-My Alexander McQueen suits, he
gave me.
JF-What is your most sterling trait
and what trait do you treasure most in your friendships? Loyalty
JF-What is your bliss?
PT-Inventing hats
JF-What is your guilty secret?
PT-I think about new hats all day long
JF-Where is your ideal home?
PT-London, it’s a fantasy.
JF-What do you wear to bed?
PT-Not much
JF-What’s your advice to the
“newcomer?”
PT-originality
JF-Who or what is your
inspiration/style icon?
PT-Isabella Blow
JF-What is the best advice you ever
received?
PT-Make hats.
JF-In 3 words or less, describe the
current state of fashion.
PT-Trendless, open, marketing
14-If you were a retailer; would you
wear your own designs or shop in your own store?
PT-yes
or where would you shop?
PT-Harrods
JF-If you won a $200,000,000 power
ball (lottery), what is the first thing you would buy or do?
PT-Plants. I love gardening
JF-If you could invite up to 4 people
for dinner, who would they be…dead or alive?
Marilyn PT-Monroe and Michael Jackson
JF-What is your favorite movie /or
movie star?
PT-Legend / Tom Cruise
JF-Whose opinion do you value most
and why?
PT-The people I work with, I trust
them
JF-What’s your take on magazines,
books versus the internet?
PT-It’s all legible
JF-Do you have a dream collaborator?
PT-Marlene Dietrich
JF-What is your crowning achievement
thus far in your career?
PT-Surviving as a hat designer in the
21st century
JF-What’s your music library like?
PT-Chaotic
JF-What and where is your favorite
meal?
PT-Anything my partner Stefan cooks
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