In 2000, Philip Treacy became the first milliner ever to show at the Paris couture, but he became a household name only in 2011, when Princess Beatrice (and many others) wore one of his custom chapeaus to Prince William and Kate Middleton’s nuptials. (The princess’s hat even spawned its own Facebook page.) In Philip Treacy (Phaidon), author Kevin Davies offers an intimate peek into Treacy’s studio as he concocts his whimsical shapes and takes stock of their effect on the likes of Naomi Campbell (below), Lady Gaga, and Grace Jones. Also out in February, Herman Koch’s novel The Dinner (Hogarth) is a nasty thriller that, not unlike Yasmina Reza’s play God of Carnage, is about two urban couples who meet over wine to discuss their kids and end up discovering more about their own dark impulses than they bargained for.
Naomi Campbell
