Howard, Jim (1930-)

Dates

• Existence: 1930-

Biography

"Jim Howard is an American fashion illustrator. Born in Texas in 1930, Howard began drawing at 8 years old. He graduated from the University of Texas with a Bachelor of Fine Arts and began his career as a window dresser for the Austin department store Goodfriends where he was occassionally allowed to created promotional drawings. He left his work at Goodfriends to join the US army during WWII. After returning to the US in 1950, he began work as a fashion illustrator for the Texas headquarters of Neiman Marcus. In the 1960s, Howard moved to New York where he began work as the artistic director for Franklin Simon & Co. After leaving Franklin Simon & Co, he began work as a freelance illustrator working for luxury fashion retailors such as: Saks Fifth Avenue, Bonwit Teller, B. Altman and Marshall Field’s. He worked consistently through the 1980s when photography took over as the primary medium for fashion representation.

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