Philip Treacy a "telephone-shaped headpiece with a removable handset" hat, worn for her appearance on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross in 2010 (now in permanent display at Madame Tussauds), and a "lightning-bolt" hat, she wore for the 2010 Grammy Awards. As well as Isabella Blow, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Lady Gaga, other notable muses for Treacy's hats are socialite Daphne Guinness, model Naomi Campbell, and singer, actress, model, Grace Jones, who used Treacy as art director and designer for her 2009 sold-out "Hurricane" tour. In an interview with "The Guardian" in July 2011, Treacy distilled what he felt a hat should do
Patrick Treacy was born in Garrison, Fermanagh, Northern Ireland where his parents ran a shop, garage, and filing station. In 1978, he completed a degree in biochemistry at Queens University in Belfast during the height of The Troubles. Due to the conflict in Northern Ireland, he transferred to the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in Dublin to study medicine. He states that he took a break during his education and travelled for a period with David Bowie's Serious Moonlight in Europe. In 1986, Treacy graduated as a doctor. In 1987, Treacy became a practicing doctor in Dublin. In that same year,