Philip Treacy "Vogue" while living in Galway (Tubbing was working in London at the time), and for whom, along with his partner Stefan Bartlett, Treacy dedicated his 2015 biography: "Philip Treacy: Hat Designer". Philip Treacy Philip Anthony Treacy (born 26 May 1967) is an award–winning Irish haute couture milliner, or hat–designer, based in London, who has been described by "Vogue" magazine, as "perhaps the greatest living milliner". In 2000, Treacy became the first milliner for 80 years to be invited to exhibit at the Paris haute couture shows. Treacy has been associated with some of the largest fashion houses and particularly Chanel
Seán Treacy Féin leaders. Treacy and Dan Breen were relocated to Dublin, where they were directed to operate with Michael Collins' assassination unit, "The Squad". The Squad's mission was to discover and assassinate British secret agents, political policemen and their informants, and to carry out other special missions for General Headquarters (GHQ) as directed by Collins. With help from police inspectors brought up to Dublin from Tipperary, Ormonde Winter's CIS spotted Treacy and Breen after their arrival in Dublin and placed them under surveillance. On 11 October 1920, Treacy and Breen were holed up in a safe house – Fernside – in