Philip Treacy the Fashion Design course at the Royal College of Art in London, and graduated in 1990 with first class honours. In 1989 he took one of his hats to Michael Roberts, fashion editor of "Tatler" magazine, and his style editor, Isabella Blow. Blow asked Treacy to make a hat for her to wear for her wedding, and soon after, invited him in 1990, to live with her and her new husband Detmar Blow, in their Belgravia London home, where Treacy worked in their basement. Alexander McQueen, another Blow discovery, would also join Treacy in her home. "The Telegraph" would chronicle
Seán Treacy (politician) was appointed Minister for Health and Social Welfare. Treacy retired from politics at the 1997 general election. He died in Clonmel on 23 March 2018, at the age of 94. His funeral, which was attended by President Michael D Higgins, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and former minister Martin Mansergh, was held on 26 March 2018. Seán Treacy (politician) Seán Daniel Treacy (22 September 1923 – 23 March 2018) was an Irish Labour Party politician who served as Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann from 1987 to 1997 and 1973 to 1977. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Tipperary South