Libertine

Minimalism isn’t part of Johnson Hartig’s vocabulary, but monochrome is. The designer started showing solids in spring 2022 and he reports that they’re selling well. Why? “I think they fit beautifully. They’re so easy. They’re elongating.…

The first thing Johnson Hartig said today—after hello and an offer of a drink—was that he doesn’t design to a theme. Generally that’s true, he follows his passions and his eye. “There are probably 10,000 images on my iPad that I collect,”…

“I got a lot of play of being a MILF, and I got a lot of sexual action from American Pie,” she said in a video accompanying the interview. “There were so many benefits to doing that movie. I mean, there would be like 200 people that I…

A GARDEN VARIETYTut embraces Egyptomania. “I t’s got a little bit of the old me. You know, the dark side; there’s a spider and it’s a little bit sinister,” says Cindy Greene, examining one of her debut wallpapers for her new line, Sabel.…

In lieu of a show, Libertine took a suite at the Plaza Hotel and invited editors to interact with the new pre-fall and fall collections (it was also possible to get a sneak peek at Johnson Hartig’s collaboration with Desigual). The benefit…

The skull and the eye are among the most recognizable Libertine tropes. Anglomania is a favored theme, and the Queen frequently appears in Hartig’s designs. The philanthropist Pat Buckly, actress Joan Collins, poets Keats and Shelley, and…

“Joy matters in the world, and joy matters in the world maybe now more than ever,” says Johnson Hartig, who, as a Gen-Xer, is no Pollyanna. He retains the ability to get excited about things, and his collections are created around his…