Philip treacy hats royal wedding

Celebrity hat designer, known for his collaboration with different ‘haute couture’ clothes brands like Chanel and Karl Lagerfeld, designed unique hats for the wedding of the Prince of Wales&#; and the list of his achievements grows with each day.

The Fashiongton Post:Philip, as we know, you got the interest in sewing and designing yet in the early childhood, when you were five years old.

Was it the influence of your parents or was it on the contrary, something they never encouraged?

Philip Treacy: I started sewing when I was about five. I remember being with the teacher in school.

The boys did woodwork or something, the girls were sewing and I thought: ‘Why can’t I do that?’ I asked the teacher and she said: ‘Okay.’ She was incredibly strict and, looking back, she could have just whacked me around the head.

I started making dresses and hats for my sister’s dolls. My mother had chickens, geese, pheasants and ducks, so all the ingredients of the hat were in my