Libertine: The Creative Beauty, Humor, and Inspiration Behind the Cult Label

(Hardback)

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Libertine is the first comprehensive monograph on the vibrantly youthfulclothing line of the celebrated designer and tastemaker Hartig Johnson.Similar to personal style books such as Fashionably Selby and A PerfectlyKept House, but more intimate, this brilliant volume will inspire readers onhow to develop their own style, and is sure to appeal to fashionistas and thestyle-savvy, as well as to orbiters of fashion design, interior design, and theculturally inclined.With over 250+ color photographs, Libertine is an invitation into designerJohnson Hartig's world, offering a very personal look at his whimsical fashiondesigns, inspirational references, and his captivatingly eclectic home.

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"Johnson Hartig's book Libertine deviates sharply from the glossy norm. For one thing, it's arranged not chronologically but via a mishmash of alphabetized references. Only here will you find Andr Breton and Andy Warhol sitting cheek by jowl with Andy Williams, or the late Pat Buckley sharing real estate with the hard-core band Wasted Youth."
-NEW YORK MAGAZINE ONLINE

Author Bio

In 2001, Johnson Hartig co-founded the celebrated menswear andwomenswear clothing line Libertine. Early supporters of Hartig's vision includeAnna Wintour, Karl Lagerfeld and John Galliano. In 2003, Libertine won the EccoDomani Fashion Award, was nominated for a CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund in 2004,and has done limited-edition collaborations with Converse, Target, Goyard, MujiBe@rbrick and Damian Hirst.

Thom Browne is an American fashion designer andfounder of his eponymous New York City-based menswear and womenswear lines.Betty Halbreich has been Bergdorf Goodman's preeminent personal shopper forover 30 years and is the author of two books.