Day One of New York Fashion Week (NYFW) kicked off with a bang! Libertine, a luxury ready- to-wear brand unveiled their fall 2024 collections for men and women. With lines stretching down the block full of industry professionals and influencers trying to get into the Starrett-Lehigh, Fashion Reverie expected an exciting show!!
Libertine creative designer Johnson Hartig did not disappoint. The collection was filled with luxurious details. The runway was awash in sequins, colorful flowers, black and white checkered pants, and veiled headbands. Also incorporated into this collection is one of Fashion Reverie’s favorites, the embellishment trend. Vibrant colors, lively prints and crystal embroidery reigned supreme.
Hartig drew inspiration, through deep hypnosis sessions, from the lives of creatives Jean Cocteau, Mary Quant, Peggy Guggenheim, and Lord Bryon emerged! The designer says, “Peggy Guggenheim emerged three times, suggesting a strong kinship between them while expressing a desire to wear Libertine and jazz it up a bit.”
Embellished blazers and graphic prints are what the brand is known for, and the DNA aesthetic of Libertine allows consumers to go from daytime to nighttime in the same look! And there are lots of buttons on garments in this fall 2024 as is true to the brand DNA of Libertine. However, this season the decorative buttons have a historical reference. These buttons heavily adorn coats and sunglasses, and in some cases, reference the iconic Peggy Guggenheim who always wore signature sunglasses.
In addition to historically referenced buttons, Hartig took lines from Byron’s 1816 poem “Darkness,” placing those lines on black on ivory and ivory on black suits and coats. These prints, so to speak, also contain images of Hartig, friends, dogs and the personal belongings of the Libertine staff.
Images courtesy of Libertine
True to form this fall 2024 collection is an assemblage of several reference points, but it all miraculously comes to gather in a cohesiveness that is unique to Hartig. Bravo Johnson!!
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