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Irish hat designer Philip Treacy on top at royal wedding - PHOTOS

Galway-born milliner's creations on full display at Will and Kate's nuptials

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Published Saturday, April 30, 2011, 7:29 AM

Updated Saturday, April 30, 2011, 2:29 PM

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Prince Andrew's daughters Eugenie and Beatrice show off their Philip Treacy hats at the royal wedding.

PHOTOS - Philip Treacy’s hat designs

PHOTOS - The Royal Wedding

Irish hat designer Philip Treacy was in incredible demand at the royal wedding. Treacy who hails from Ahascragh, County Galway, has designed hats for celebrities like Sarah Jessica Parker and Lady Gaga, among others.

After the announcement of the royal engagement and subsequent wedding, the rumor mill went into full force with reports circulating that Kate had recruited Treacy to design the hats for the wedding party.

Though Kate ended up wearing a one-of-a-kind diamond tiara, lent by the Queen herself, a vast array of Treacy’s hand crafted millinery work was on full display thanks to members of the wedding party and other attendees.

Victoria Beckham wore a military blue pillbox hat to go with the midnight blue dress from her own collection, while Camilla Parker Bowles wore a cream hat to match her own outfit.

Not everyone was able to come out on the Best Dressed side with Treacy's help, however. Sisters Eugenie and Beatrice, daughters of Prince Andrew, looked a tad bit out of place and overwhelmed by their head pieces. Treacy is known for his flamboyantly outrageous work, but unfortunately for the princesses, they looked more drab than fab.

Although most will be talking about Kate's Sarah Burton-designed wedding dress for the days and weeks to come, Treacy is a clear winner in the fashion stakes of the Royal Wedding, and is undoubtedly set to become a household name.

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ClanDalton | May 02, 2011, 07:08 PM EDT

Treacy's County Galway designs are stunning. The sister's haven't the panache for high fashion like a Sarah Jessica or Lady Gaga. Eugenie and Beatrice lean toward the low end of the fashion scale and tend to favor the Queen Mum and the Battenbergs.

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RedBranch | May 01, 2011, 05:56 PM EDT

Well something had to play the evil stepsisters in this fairytale wedding. Well cast I say

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nicgearailt | May 01, 2011, 03:02 PM EDT

hardly a good choice...am thinking ,as has been said already,this was likely a response to the invitation their mother did not receive... these are nice kids...they had no choice but to wear those creations...hope they are smiling when they read all that's been written and said ..

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Whitepark | May 01, 2011, 01:12 PM EDT

My sympathy goes to the two sisters that had to wear them, Im sure they were not their choices, someone was looking for revenge at not being invited to the wedding.

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ardgehane | May 01, 2011, 12:30 PM EDT

Hats off!

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LoveDoolin | May 01, 2011, 11:49 AM EDT

I don't think I would own up to the fact that I designed these hats. Beatrice looks like a gazelle and Eugenie's hat looks like a blue canoe filled with grapes at the one end.

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srdools | May 01, 2011, 10:33 AM EDT

The hat looked almost as crazy as the wearer

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Sparklet | May 01, 2011, 09:49 AM EDT

I was about to add that if it was done deliberately, then it was executed to perfection but I see several got there before me. :)

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Sparklet | May 01, 2011, 09:48 AM EDT

Why would anyone admit to designing the hat that Beatrice wore? It was simply awful. And to find out it was designed by an Irishman. I'm ashamed. The Middletons were so much more classier than the royals.

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CarolMaske | May 01, 2011, 06:25 AM EDT

Eugenie would have been fine IF she had perched that hat to the side of her head. There's no hope for Beatrice's hat though - looks like "The Royal Toilet Seat!"

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eiriamach | Apr 30, 2011, 07:22 PM EDT

Consider the Buckingham Palace standard for headgear: the palace guards' bearfur caps are 18 inches high, they're fuzzy-shaggy-ugly, and they weigh 2 pounds, but the guards don't seem to mind wearing them at all! Beatrice's hat would hardly get a second glance from that crowd.

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ellenfromcork | Apr 30, 2011, 01:19 PM EDT

Any hat designer that let those 2 walk out of the store w/ those hats should not be patronized by anyone.

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ThatOtherGuy | Apr 30, 2011, 12:22 PM EDT

Well, if it's "a nefarious Irish plot to make the English look silly," Treacy absolutely succeeded grandly!

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thomasbyrne | Apr 30, 2011, 10:51 AM EDT

LMAO

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Hannah1879 | Apr 30, 2011, 10:22 AM EDT

They look ridiculous!