Paper Doll

Recent Portland Oregon transplant Heather Treadway of Paper Doll Fashion owes much of her career to Olympia. After graduating from the Evergreen State College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in cultural studies, she promptly decided to become a fashion designer. Call it destiny if you will. Since the age of 5 she's been designing and making clothing, her favorite model being her turtle Tilly, her favorite backdrop?? The Lite Brite of course! So, she went to college and got a degree and thought "Now what?" and she realized that fashion has always been her passion. She started slow, taking it one piece at a time, selling in a local shop owned by her friend Kanako. This slow initial production eventually trickled into other great boutiques around the Northwest until she ended up all over the country selling Paper Doll Fashions in 8 different boutiques all over the US! After a few years of start up Heather decided to get serious with this business and do important things like: have photo shoots (with models), make business cards, and work in France for a year honing in on her skill even more. She has participated in many a fashion show exposing herself to musicians, artists and traveling culture vultures alike.

Tuning in on her inner aesthetic Heather found her style quite easily. "I take fabrics, feel them, be with them, throw them on a table, put them together and take them apart until I find a good combination". A fibers artist at heart this designer really knows how to use fabric technology to create striking pieces of clothing. One can easily find a hoodie incorporating 4 or 5 different types of fabric. Often utilizing whimsical or bizarre cotton prints, quilting thick pieces of sweatshirt fleece and denim to create padding, or mixing stretchy knits with satins and corduroy are trademarks of Paper Doll Fashion. Thanks to her seamstress entrepreneur mother, Heather learned the skills of garment making early on throughout her childhood and adolescence. "I just took it to the streets" she says.