Philip Treacy

A design by Philip Treacy. Photograph by Joy Ekpeti

Inspired by beauty and elegance, master milliner Philip Treacy has dressed the heads of everyone from Madonna and Kate Moss to The Countess of Wessex and Sarah Jessica Parker.

With his dramatic and wildly imaginative creations - clouds of butterflies, festoons of feathers and shapely sculptures - it's no wonder he's been awarded British accessory designer of the year five times. This is indeed what wearing a hat is all about.