Richie Rich and Traver Rains
FMD-ID
DE666
City
New York
Country
USA
Type
fashion
Website
About
Heatherette is a New York company started by duo Richie Rich and Traver Rains.
Richie Rich grew up in California and entered ice-skating while still a child. He became competitive and ranked 12th in the nation. Eventually he joined Ice Capades and toured the world. He moved to New York.
Traver Rains grew up in Montana, competing in rodeo horse shows and won over 100 titles. He attended college in Texas, taking a degree in economics and business before moving to New York.
These two boys with completely different backgrounds, met in New York and started Heatherette in December 1999. Buyers ordered their tops and they have designed for entertainers.
In late 1999, Rains and Rich began collaborating on t-shirts and leather goods as a hobby on their living room floor. Rich showed up at a party in one of his own customized leather tops and caught the attention of Sushi, the creative director and buyer at the downtown store Patricia Field who ordered twenty of them on the spot.
Heatherette made a splash in the fashion industry very early on, receiving editorial credits in such magazines as Vanity Fair, W, Surface, Paper, YM, In Style, ID, Flaunt, Italian Vogue, and Rolling Stone.
Their Fall 2003 collection was shown in Los Angeles and was a rip-roaring success. Their whimsical clothing with cartoon prints wowed the audience.
Richie Rich grew up in California and entered ice-skating while still a child. He became competitive and ranked 12th in the nation. Eventually he joined Ice Capades and toured the world. He moved to New York.
Traver Rains grew up in Montana, competing in rodeo horse shows and won over 100 titles. He attended college in Texas, taking a degree in economics and business before moving to New York.
These two boys with completely different backgrounds, met in New York and started Heatherette in December 1999. Buyers ordered their tops and they have designed for entertainers.
In late 1999, Rains and Rich began collaborating on t-shirts and leather goods as a hobby on their living room floor. Rich showed up at a party in one of his own customized leather tops and caught the attention of Sushi, the creative director and buyer at the downtown store Patricia Field who ordered twenty of them on the spot.
Heatherette made a splash in the fashion industry very early on, receiving editorial credits in such magazines as Vanity Fair, W, Surface, Paper, YM, In Style, ID, Flaunt, Italian Vogue, and Rolling Stone.
Their Fall 2003 collection was shown in Los Angeles and was a rip-roaring success. Their whimsical clothing with cartoon prints wowed the audience.
Who wears it
Shirley Manson, Paris Hilton, Pink, Justin Timberlake,David Beckham, Alicia Keys, Britney Spears, Lil' Kim, Gwen Stefani, Pamela Anderson, Mya, Kelis, Aubrey O'Day
Notes
Heatherette was featured on the third cycle of America's Next Top Model, as the designer for a fashion show the contestants were in.
They were guest judges on Project Runway Canada for the "When It Rains It Pours" challenge where contestants had to create a cocktail dress from the fabric of old umbrellas.
Heatherette have also been featured on MTV's My Super Sweet Sixteen (They designed Teyana's and Stefanie's dresses), and the movie My Super Ex-Girlfriend.
An especially wild Heatherette fashion show, which featured Anna Nicole Smith and Boy George, is chronicled in the 2006 nonfiction book, Confessions from the Velvet Ropes by Glenn Belverio.
Lydia Hearst, the daughter of Patricia Hearst, has modeled in several Heatherette runway shows. For the Fall 2007 collection she and the Heatherette designers collaborated on a limited edition leather bag for Puma.