TRACEY, WHO’S ANCESTORS SETTLED IN STATEN ISLAND IN THE 1600’S, GREW UP IN LOCUST VALLEY, NEW YORK AND ASPEN COLORADO. FROM AN EARLY AGE.

TRACEY GRAVITATED TOWARD THE CREATIVE ARTS FIRST DRAWING AND PAINTING, LATER BUILDING SUCCESSFUL CAREERS IN GRAPHIC AND INDUSTRIAL DESIGN AND FINE MILLINERY. IN RECENT YEARS TRACEY HAS RETURNED TO HER PURE ARTISTIC ROOTS, FOCUSING ON THE MEDIUMS OF PHOTOGRAPHY AND DIGITAL ART. 

TRACEY HAS RECEIVED IMPORTANT RECOGNITION IN MULTIPLE MEDIUMS. A CHAIR SHE CO-DESIGNED IS IN THE PERMANENT COLLECTION OF THE LOUVRE, PARIS. HER HAT DESIGNS HAVE ATTRACTED AN INTERNATIONAL CLIENTELE THAT INCLUDES FIRST LADIES NANCY REAGAN AND HILLARY CLINTON, ALONG WITH BROOKE ASTOR, GLENN CLOSE, MERYL STREEP, ARETHA FRANKLIN, BIANCA JAGGER, CAROLINE KENNEDY SCHLOSSBERG, MARTHA STEWART AND VERA WANG. ONE OF THE HATS TRACEY DESIGNED RECEIVED WORLDWIDE EXPOSURE WHEN WORN BY THE WIFE OF THE OWNER OF “MONARCHOS”, THE WINNER OF THE 2001 KENTUCKY DERBY. 

AWARDS TRACEY HAS WON INCLUDE THE “HATTIE” FOR MILLINERY DESIGN; THE INDUSTRIAL DESIGN ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA’S “CERTIFICATE OF MERIT”; AND INTERNATIONAL DESIGN RECOGNITION FROM DOMUS MAGAZINE. HER PHOTOGRAPHS OF 911 ARE IN THE COLLECTION OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. 

TRACEY IS A GRADUATE OF THE FASHION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, ASSOCIATE DEGREE IN FASHION DESIGN, WITH HIGH HONORS; PRATT INSTITUTE, BACHELOR OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN, WITH HIGH HONORS AND THE TRACY CHAPLIN MILLINERY WORKSHOP, ANN, FRANCE.