Philip Tracy's Mad Hats

Philip Tracy's craziest hat, although no, not so, one of his craziest hats was on Beatrix of York, cousin of Prince William during his wedding to Kate Middleton... This hat with intertwined either "deer horns" or "lianas of plants" on the sides and around in the center was remembered by many for a long time. This is definitely a crazy hat. And how many variations then appeared - both the all-seeing eye and the cat's face were added to this hat. Mad-mad hat is capable of generating equally crazy ideas. Beatrix then sold her unfortunate hat for much more than the original price ...

Ladies wear hats very often in English society. It is customary to be present at the races in hats, they are also accepted in the church, they are also worn in the presence of the queen. However, the importance of the lady's hat did not deny the fact that by the second half of the twentieth century it was significantly outdated and became associated exclusively with middle-aged women, and even with older ladies, but not with girls. The merit of Philip Tracy in many respects lies in the fact that he returned the youthfulness to the hats, adding to them a little, and sometimes more than necessary, originality.

Philip Tracy was born on May 26, 1967 in Ireland. His parents, James Vincent Tracy and Katie Agnes, owned a bread shop. Initially, Philip Tracy enters the Faculty of Journalism at the Dublin National College of Art and Design, where he is fond of modeling hats. He worked and studied with the headwear designer Stephen Jones. Philip Tracy received his basic education at the Royal College of Art in London, where he entered in 1988. And his hats became famous long before the show of his graduation collection. Philip Tracy is a unique hatter, because only he was able to separately demonstrate his collection of hats. And his hats are undoubtedly haute couture hats. However, Philip Tracy is not always on his own; he also collaborates with such fashion houses as Chanel, Versace, Valentino.

Designer Isabella Blow played an important role in the success of Philip Tracy, who was one of the first to wear his hats.

Philip Tracy makes his hats from fabric, lace, flowers and feathers. Quite common materials for hats, but their combination is unusual. Philip Tracy made hats in the form of a lily flower, in the form of a red disk, crossed out by a single black feather. But not only hats "haute couture", he also deals with quite ordinary hats and caps that are sold in stores.

Philip Tracy's clients include Victoria Beckham, at the very wedding of Prince William, she sported in his pill-hat. Actually, even though the mad hatter was not invited to the royal wedding, there were a lot of his hats (more than 30) among those invited. Philip Tracy's clients are Sarah Jessica Parker, and Lady Gagawho, if not her, know a lot about madness. Camilla Parker-Bowles, another, and even regular, client of Philip Tracy, it was in his hat that she married Prince Charles.

Designed Philip Tracy and hats for the notorious Harry Potter films.

In 2007, Philip Tracy was awarded the Order of the British Empire by Prince Charles and his loyal client Camilla Parker-Bowles for services to the British fashion industry.

"A hat can make you feel special, and that's how young women look," says Philip Tracy, and indeed his hats are always special.