Philip Treacy postage stamps issued by An Post. The other designers were Paul Costelloe, Louise Kennedy, John Rocha, Lainey Keogh and Orla Kiely. Treacy's hats have been exhibited, and are housed in the collections, of design museums including the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the "Galleria del Costume" of the Palazzo Pitti in Florence. "Vogue" magazine has described Treacy, on a number of occasions, as being the "greatest milliner in the world". Treacy is gay and in May 2017 he married his long–term partner of over 21 years, Stefan Bartlett, in a ceremony in Las Vegas. Treacy
Philip Treacy at the China Fashion Awards in Shanghai. In April 2006, he was awarded a Doctorate of Fine Arts, by the National University of Ireland at University College Dublin ("UCD"). He was awarded an honorary OBE (Order of the British Empire) for services to the British fashion industry by Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall at a special ceremony in Clarence House in November 2007. Treacy designed the headdress worn by the Duchess of Cornwall for the couple's wedding. In July 2010 Treacy was one of six contemporary and internationally renowned Irish fashion designers honoured by a set of Irish