Paper Fashion

Stefania Corti
Jul 27, 2015
1 min read

Katie Rodgers created the site Paper Fashion in 2009 as an outlet to share her fantastical watercolors with the world. It has since taken her on an incredible journey…

Katie grew up in a small country town just outside of Atlanta, GA. Living in the country with three brothers, she would often escape into her own imaginative worlds. Her aunt gifted Katie her first professional set of watercolors before the age of 7, and needless to say, she fell head over heels in love with them. Fashion, whimsy, and nature have forever been lurking inside her mind and onto the blank pages of her watercolor blocks.

Katie currently resides in New York City.

She has been commissioned by the likes of Cartier, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Valentino, Swarovski, Clé de Peau, Kate Spade, Coach, Alicia Keys, Calypso St. Barths, Stuart Weitzman, Parker Pens, Lacoste, Elle, and Glamour Magazine among others.

(text from paperfashion.com)

I took some watercolor classes on Skillshare.com, taught by Katie herself. I love illustration, and she effortlessly shares her knowledge of watercolors as well as other mixed media such as nail polish, glitter, fruits, jewelry , achieving sketches that are at once simple and eye-catching. In her blog she shows a variety of techniques that could be easily applied to fashion illustration.