Los Angeles-based artist Bijou Karman mashes fashion and illustration together, creating a unique blend that’s both inspired by fashion and serves as fashionable inspiration in and of itself. With her clientele including giants like Apple and Google, as well as fashion brands and publications such as Prada, Zara, ELLE, and Harper’s Bazaar, it’s little wonder that she’s gained celebrity status amongst illustrators.
Through editorials, books, advertising, paintings, and more, Karman fashions a universe filled with fierce women, tropical plants, psychedelia, flowers, and everything chic, glamorizing vintage style while working to create an equal future for everyone.
“My personal style as an artist is really reliant upon bright colors and [the] mixing of different prints,” she explained in an interview with Vanity Fair. “And a lot of clashing patterns that you don’t think would work together harmoniously.”
One of her more famous collaborations was with celebrity superstar Rhianna. The singer and designer’s first collaboration with Stance Socks, was promoted with a series of illustrations of the singer created by Karman, whose work Rihanna had discovered online. “This is the most high-profile job I’ve ever done,” she admitted at the time, “and it showed people what I was capable of.”
“I was intimidated to work with [her] at first because I am such a big fan, but it was cool to take her suggestions and her style and bring my own style and sense of fashion to it,” she adds.
See some of her more recent illustrations on her Instagram page:
