Philip Treacy in a 2011 interview: "She made him famous. He made her look like an icon. When you think of the late, great Blow, you think of her in one of his creations, be it a giant disc or a replica sailing ship." In July 2002, the Design Museum in London, hosted an exhibition of the 30 most iconic hats Treacy designed for Blow, titled: "When Philip met Isabella". The exhibition was so well received that it went on a world tour for several years, and drew a record attendance of circa 43,000 when shown in Dublin in 2005. In 1991,
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,