WORD!! Chat amongst yourselves for a moment … we are in the
presence of genius, brilliance and creativity on steroids! I speak of Phillip Treacy, milliner
extraordinaire, designer and confidante to those as brilliant as he.
Wikipedia says this about him “He has designed hats for Alexander
McQueen's white Haute Couture collection at Givenchy in
Paris, for Karl Lagerfeld at Chanel, and for Valentino, Ralph
Lauren and Donna Karan. He was awarded the title of British
Accessory Designer of the Year at the British Fashion Awards on five occasions
during the early 1990s.[3]
The late Isabella Blow, style editor of Tatler,
helped Treacy launch himself as a well-known milliner and wore many of his
hats.”
I can only say that while this was presented as a fashion
show during London fashion week, I prefer to call it a live exhibit of what a
living talent can create when one has limitless abilities as well as the
facilities to make dreams come true. No
matter what the ‘theme” of the show might have been, there is only one starring
role and that is taken up these “hats” or head ornaments or millinery or why
not just say works of art.
I have often stated that fashion is an art form and it is at
this moment, with this review, that I can clearly and definitively say that
this man proves me right. It is one of
the rare times when my merchant mentality cannot kick in because the creative
side of me will allow for such pedestrian thoughts!
I salute Mr. Treacy, I salute his métier and I above all,
salute a mind that knows no bounds!
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