Libertine F/W 09.10 New York

[Scott]

EW YORK, February 19, 2009
By Laird Borrelli-Persson

Johnson Hartig and Cindy Greene returned to New York fashion week with as serious a case of Anglomania as they've ever had. Guests at their scenic presentation in Soho were greeted by a (shivering) Royal Guard and clothes screen-printed with the visage of Queen Elizabeth II. (Liz was drawn by California artist Eric Ernest Johnson, whose work Hartig collects. Johnson also contributed images of Rasputin and the party scene from The Shining.) Hartig, who said he felt "propelled by the economy to be more creative," might have worried that if Libertine stayed away too long people would forget them—but he and his design partner got as warm a Big Apple welcome as they did when they first hit the scene with their repurposed vintage clothing eight years ago.

Fall was presented in a hay-strewn space on models wearing both production-line pieces and one-offs, which are the heart of the label. Watch your back, Rugby: Libertine's school-tie blazers looked like cult items right out of the gate to us, especially when emblazoned with crest patches featuring subversive motifs like a swan with a broken neck, a dead fish floating among beer cans and cigarette butts, and a certain part of the male anatomy standing at attention. "We wanted to turn the fussy, Waspy world upside down," Hartig said. Mission accomplished.

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[Scott]

 

[Scott]

 

[Deleted member 1957]

cute!

 

[Scott]

i know it's very typical of what they've done before. maybe less darkly.

 

[gr77]

Lovely!!!

 

[masquerade]

they used to be so hard edge/rocker

this is cutesy. but good cutesy.

 

[kasmslo]

Wow! I love the knitted work... very clever craftsmanship.

 

[its life said he]

Such a garbage line-- kind of **** that I scratch my head at when I see next to Rick Owens at Maxfield. Boring.

 

[FashionCapital]

I REALLY like this!

 

[4n98]

very cute

 

[wheneveriwakeup]

Too twee for me...
It could've been really great if the size of the graphics
and embellishments would have been scaled down a bit...
Some of it just looks like Mina Perhonen on steriods...
The bookcase skirt/jacket is very adorable and funny..

 

[eachkey]

finally!
I love these stupid romantic noble ideas.
I want them to do next presentation or runway or something.
please!

 

[flyme2themoon]

Cute collection.

This coat is adorable:

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