Johnson Hartig Libertine burst onto the fashion scene back in 2001, with a collection of quirky-cool reworked vintage duds designed by quirky-cool duo Johnson Hartig and Cindy Greene. Supported by the likes of Anna Wintour, Karl Lagerfeld and John Galliano, Libertine won the Ecco Domani Fashion Award in 2003, was nominated for a CFDA/Vogue Fashion [...]
Author Archives: Lauren David Peden
In Conversation with Pamela Love
October 11, 2011 – 8:38 am
Video by Lina Plioplyte. They say that necessity is the mother of invention, and in the case of jewelry designer Pamela Love that edict has been born out tenfold. After studying film production and painting at NYU, Pamela was working as an art director and stylist but couldn’t find jewelry she liked—for herself or her [...]
In Conversation with Tom Scott
July 15, 2011 – 8:47 am
Images by Bailey Roberts Tom Scott is one of the most inventive knitwear designers going. Not content to simply churn out workday pullovers and classic cardigans, this Pennsylvania native has made a name for himself by approaching patterns, yarns and stitches the way a scientist might approach a lab full of raw materials: with curiosity, [...]
In Conversation with Tess Giberson
May 20, 2011 – 8:17 am
Images by Samantha Casolari Meet Tess Giberson in person and it’s immediately apparent that the designer is smart, funny, thoughtful and low-key. See her collection in person and it’s immediately apparent that she’s also something of a badass, with a strong subversive streak that asserts itself throughout her work, in ways that whisper rather than [...]
Chronicles of NY Fasion Week – Fall 2011: Rodarte, Vera Wang, House of Waris and…
February 19, 2011 – 6:26 pm
Juan Carlos Obando. Images and Text by Lauren David Peden. I’ve been covering New York Fashion Week for nearly a decade now—first for Fashion Wire Daily and now for Vogue.com UK, WWD.com and my blog, The Fashion Informer—so you would think I’d have things down to a science. In some ways I do: I never [...]
