PHILIP TREACY: "WHEN PHILIP MET ISABELLA"
AUTHOR: PHILIP TREACY and ISABELLA BLOW
PUBLICATION DATE: OCTOBER/ NOVEMBER 2002
U.S. LIST PRICE: $18.95
HARDCOVER
61/4 x 81/2
80 PAGES
Philip Treacy, five-time award winning British Accessory Designer of the Year, produces hats and accessories for all occasions. Since their first meeting on a fashion shoot in 1989 when Treacy was a student at the Royal College of Art, Isabella Blow has been his staunchest supporter and a constant source of inspiration. After leaving RCA, he lived and worked out of the basement of her London house for three years.
Many of his most surreal and sculptural hats were made for her. "Issy never says, 'You've gone too far,'" says Tracy. "She always says, 'You haven't gone far enough."' When Philip Met Isabella explores their collaboration through twenty of his hats for her. This book is the catalog of the London Design Museums exhibit, which runs from July 5th to October 27th, and includes works such as the "Ship," an astonishingly realistic replica of an 18th-century French ship with rigging made from miniature buttons, and the rose damask "Pope" after the papal hat.
Also featured will be the "Castle" inspired by Blow's ancestral home. "Gilbert and George" is a fantastical concoction of pink and green lacquered ostrich feathers. "Horns" is a black satin replica of the horns of Blow's flock of ancient Soays sheep. The show will include photographs by Steven Meisel, David LaChapelle, Jurgen Teller and Mario Testino of Isabella Blow wearing Treacy's hats.

Philip Treacy studied fashion design in Dublin before winning a place at the Royal College of Art. In addition to running how own successful hat business, he has made haute-couture hats for such fashion houses as Chanel, Valentino, Gianni Versace and Alexander McQueen.

Isabella Blow is one of the world's most influential creative directors. She has worked for magazines including American Vogue, Visionaire, The Face and Italian Vogue. She played an important part in nurturing the careers of many designers, including Alexander McQueen and Philip Treacy.