James Jean Hits the Runway!

Comic fans might notice artist James Jean’s work from the covers of series like Fables or Umbrella Academy. His illustration work in and outside of comics has grown quite the following, leading books like his incredibly popular Process Recess series to sell out quickly. In his career, he has worked for clients like Target, Time Magazine, and Playboy.

Recently, James Jean was hired by Prada to create wallpaper for the Soho and Los Angeles stores. This design work lead to a short film, Trembled Blossoms being made and eventually to him being involved in the Spring 2008 Prada collection. According to a National Post article, Jean’s work for the mural was so well liked that he was hired to design fabric used in the collection. The fabric then influenced the rest of the collection.

When you jump to Prada’s website, your eyes are hit right way with James Jean influenced Prada. If you want a greater scoop on this high fashion turn, check out this detailed story at Chris Butcher’s site Comics.212. It was all the links and photos you need to feast your eyes on Jean’s Prada work from mural to runway.

I have to say it all looks pretty rad.

Nick