Philip Treacy by Oprah Winfrey. Megan Markle chose a Treacy hat for her first official royal event in December 2017. In July 2018, Treacy credited the Queen with "single–handedly saving the British hat industry". Treacy won the title of British Accessory Designer of the Year at the British Fashion Awards five times during the 1990s (1991, 1992, 1993, 1996 and 1997). In January 2000, Treacy was invited by the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture to participate in Paris fashion shows, the first milliner to be invited in 80 years. In November 2004, Treacy was named the International Designer of the Year,
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,