Philip Treacy Treacy, aged 23, on the prompting of Blow, got his "big break", being asked by Karl Lagerfeld to come to the Chanel showrooms in Paris, in what was to be the start of a long–term working relationship with Chanel. The first hat that Treacy designed for Chanel appeared on the cover of "British Vogue" worn by model Linda Evangelista. In 1991, Treacy opened his first showroom in London, and won his first of five, British Accessory Designer of the Year awards. By 1993, Treacy held his first fashion show during London Fashion Week in "Harvey Nichols", with Naomi Campbell, Yasmin
Keith Treacy with Preston North End on 1 February 2010. Following his move to Preston, Treacy defended his move to Blackburn's arch-rivals, Preston North End, was only for to play football. Treacy made his Preston North End debut on 2 February 2010, in a 4-1 loss against Barnsley. He scored his first goal for the Lancashire outfit in a 3–1 defeat Crystal Palace on 5 April 2010, followed up by scoring and provided an assist, in a 3-2 win over Scunthorpe United five days later. In the second half of the season at Preston North End, Treacy scored twice in seventeen appearance.