My Memory with Philip
(Thursday, 28th January 2021)
RE: Podcast interview with Philip Treacy
I must say I found that pod cast extremely interesting and it also brought back a lot of memories. I have loved your designs since I first seen your creations. This was approx 1987; we where both students in the same competition in London in the Odeon cinema Leicester square. They where 100's of students from the UK and Ireland. When your dress came on stage I was in awe. A beautifully crafted victorian inspired, I may say, dark red dress. But what really struck me was the way you got the model to walk slowly across the stage. Setting her in another world, it was a lesson for me. From that moment on I never forgot your name. I went on and finished my degree in fashion in Dublin. Trying to perfect my craft by working with the best and developing my own designs. I went on to set up my own Couture service making bespoke designs for my clients. Like you everything you said about working with clients is the same process when making them clothes. I have sent many a lady off to a wedding or to the races topped off with a Philip Tracy hat. Many have come back with the best dressed prize too. Unlike you, Karl or lady Gaga don't know who I am. But you gave a girl from a small town in Ireland the inspiration to follow her dreams. To me you are highly talented designer who is humble and single handedly make hats which are the most sort after fashion accessory for everyone: from Her Mag the Queen to those Queens of pop and rock. Thank you for being you.
