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Libertine is an invitation into Johnson Hartig's world, as the designer shares images of his eccentric and whimsical fashion designs, inspirational references, and his captivatingly eclectic interiors. Johnson Hartig is the founder and designer for the innovative fashion brand Libertine, which is renowned for breathing electric life back into vintage couture pieces by cutting them up and adding ornate crystal embellishments, rich silk-screened graphics, and embroideries to create gorgeous one-of-a-kind garments. With an uncanny ability to combine unexpected colors, patterns, and textures, Hartig has created a style that is youthful and edgy yet undeniably glamorous and sophisticated. A hopeless traditionalist yet a rule breaker, Hartig's personal style was initially what inspired the brand, and this eclectic philosophy permeates all parts of his life.

Photo: Ricardo Dearatanha, the Los Angeles Times / A Schwinn bicycle is parked in the kitchen, ready for running errands.; Photo: Staffordshire spaniels and a ginger jar give personality to the bathroom.; Photo: Mercury glass globes sit on an antique farm table in the dining room.; Photo: A colourful spin-art work by [Hirst] contrasts with the calm background of white walls and upholstery.; Photo: [Johnson Hartig]'s bedroom is painted a rich brown to show off a steel-framed four-poster bed he designed and a screen made from 19th-century wallpaper purchased at an auction from the collection of couture designer Geoffrey Beene. Hartig's odd personal flourishes: a pristine Schwinn bicycle -- all black, down to its spokes -- parked in the kitchen (\"I use it for errands\"), an array of antique scale-model schooners under glass and a vast collection of valuable (and some might say kitschy) Staffordshire porcelain figurines, including a kennel's worth of the English company's signature spaniels.

Photo(s); Kicking back: Terrance the miniature Pinscher sits in a basket warily as [Johnson Hartig] kicks a Chanel football with friends in his living room. Los Angeles Times photos/Ricardo DeAratanha Freewheeling style: Johnson Hartig tools around Hancock Park on his Schwinn, which he parks in the kitchen. The polished concrete floor complements white beadboard walls and the dark granite countertop. CHIC AND CHEAPER: A farm table with chairs, mirrored globes and a lantern can be done on a budget. Personal touch: Hartig put a unique stamp on his bedroom (he designed the bed) and bath (bold wallpaper and antique schooners). Personal touch Los Angeles Times photos/Ricardo DeAratanha Casual collision: \"I don't care where things come from or how much they cost,\" says Johnson Hartig of what makes up his home decor, \"as long as they are chic and fit in.\" Los Angeles Times photos/Ricardo DeAratanha Casual collision: Los Angeles Times photos/Ricardo DeAratanha

The Council of Fashion Designers of America, Inc, (CFDA) is a not-for-profit trade association founded in 1962 that leads industry-wide initiatives and whose membership consists of more than 400 of America's foremost womenswear, menswear, jewelry, and accessory designers. In addition to hosting the annual CFDA Fashion Awards, which recognize the top creative talent in the industry, the organization offers programs which support professional development and scholarships, including the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund, the Geoffrey Beene Design Scholar Award, the Liz Claiborne Scholarship Award, the CFDA/Teen Vogue Scholarship, and the Gilt All Star Scholarship. Member support is provided through the Business Services Network, a high-profile group of companies offering designers strategic opportunities. The CFDA Foundation, Inc. is a separate, not-for-profit organized to mobilize the membership to raise funds for charitable causes. Through the Foundation, the CFDA created and manages Fashion Targets Breast Cancer; raises funds for HIV/AIDS organizations with 7th on Sale; addresses the issue of model health with The CFDA Health Initiative; and is a key participant in other programs such as the annual Fashion's Night Out. For more information, please visit www.CFDA.com.

  With their 125th anniversary fast approaching May 29, [Belk] is celebrating in a big way.Starting with an exclusive in Thursday's Post and Courier announcing a $10.2 million project to transform the Mount Pleasant Town Centre location into a flagship store, Belk topped the day off as the sole retail runway show on Day 3 of Baker Motor Co. Charleston Fashion Week.\"I'm so super-excited for Belk to expand. I think Mount Pleasant is a great market for them,\" said designer Molly Stevens, whose ellen & ollie line is carried by Belk. This was the Columbia native's first visit to Fashion Week.The addition of The Belk Tent offered attendees the chance to peruse and purchase pieces by some of \"the best and brightest Southern designers,\" all of whom will be on hand at some point throughout the week.Adding to the Style Lounge, where Top Cocktail winner Jackson Holland of The Cocktail Club was pouring his Jack Daniel's Tennessee Honey concoction named Honey Hole, the extra hour of pre-party fun has rounded out the Fashion Week experience for some.\"I was waiting for my friend, so I decided to do this while I waited.

  The North Charleston Pops! closes its inaugural season with a special performance of \"Music of The Beatles.\" The show will have you swaying on your feet and singing to Beatles favorites. Song such as \"Yesterday,\" \"I Want to Hold Your Hand,\" \"The Long and Winding Road,\" \"Penny Lane,\" \"Eleanor Rigby,\" \"Let It Be\" and \"Hey Jude\" are on the play-list. Kentucky-based musical group The Rewinders will join the Pops! for this walk down Abbey Road.

That accounts for some of [Johnson Hartig]'s odd personal flourishes: a pristine Schwinn bicycle -- all black, down to its spokes -- parked in the kitchen (\"I use it for errands in Larchmont Village\"), an array of antique scale-model schooners under glass and a vast collection of valuable (and some might say kitschy) Staffordshire porcelain figurines, including a kennel's worth of the English company's signature spaniels. Libertine's pieces \"reflect the history of fashion and fuse art and design,\" says Vogue's West Coast editor, Lisa Love, an early champion of the label. A frequent guest at Hartig's home, she is not surprised that it is so \"interesting and wacky.\" \"I imagined how people in the Hamptons lived during the 1970s,\" Hartig says. \"I love Americana, folk art and English country style more than anything, and there were certain things I couldn't give up. I knew that people I admired are able to mix antiques and modern really well, so I tried it.\"

SERIOUS, AND NOT: Porcelain Staffordshire spaniels line up playfully above a portrait in the den. \"I love Americana, folk art and English country style more than anything,\" [Johnson Hartig] says.; PHOTOGRAPHER: Ricardo DeAratanha Los Angeles Times; PARTY PLACE: Friends hang out with Hartig in the pool area of his backyard, which Vogue's [Lisa Love] calls \"quintessential California.\" She says, \"You feel like you're in an artist's summer house.\"; PHOTOGRAPHER: Ricardo DeAratanha Los Angeles Times; SINGULAR EYE: The rich brown of Hartig's bedroom walls, above, sets off the steel-frame four-poster bed of his own design and a screen made from 19th century wallpaper bought at auction. In the bathroom, left, white cabinets and marble countertops take a backseat to the bold wallpaper and Hartig's whimsical flourishes: antique scale schooners under glass, more Staffordshire dogs -- and a Champagne bottle in the shower.; PHOTOGRAPHER: Ricardo DeAratanha Los Angeles Times; SINGULAR EYE: The rich brown of Hartig's bedroom walls, above, sets off the steel-frame four-poster bed of his own design and a screen made from 19th century wallpaper bought at auction. In the bathroom, left, white cabinets and marble countertops take a backseat to the bold wallpaper and Hartig's whimsical flourishes: antique scale schooners under glass, more Staffordshire dogs -- and a Champagne bottle in the shower.; PHOTOGRAPHER: Ricardo DeAratanha Los Angeles Times; EASY DOES IT: Johnson Hartig tools around Hancock Park in his Schwinn, which he parks in the kitchen, left. The polished concrete floor complements white beadboard walls and the dark granite countertop. Rather than use wallpaper in the glass- front cabinets, above, Hartig taped up wrapping paper from Soolip.; PHOTOGRAPHER: Ricardo DeAratanha Los Angeles Times; EASY DOES IT: Johnson Hartig tools around Hancock Park in his Schwinn, which he parks in the kitchen, left. The polished concrete floor complements white beadboard walls and the dark granite countertop. Rather than use wallpaper in the glass-front cabinets, above, Hartig taped up wrapping paper from Soolip.; PHOTOGRAPHER: Ricardo DeAratanha Los Angeles Times; RED-HOT AND COOL: Spin art by [Damien Hirst] pops in the living room of Johnson Hartig's renovated 1920s Mediterranean bungalow.; PHOTOGRAPHER: Ricardo DeAratanha Los Angeles Times; CHIC AND CHEAPER: A farm table with chairs, mirrored globes and a lantern can be done on a budget.; PHOTOGRAPHER: Ricardo DeAratanha Los Angeles Times

In his downtown Los Angeles penthouse, surfer dude and fashion designer Johnson Hartig lives life to the fullest. The design of Hartig's home is examined.

The graphics range from monochro florals and script to washed- out portra of the tragic English poets John Keats a Rupert Brooke, all of which are culle from old auction catalogues and reference books from the 18th and 19th centuries. Even the Libertine logo, a cameo of Queen Victoria, is a symbolic nod to the Empire. Factor into the equation [Johnson Hartig]'s recent par v ticipation in one of the Attingham Trust study weeks, a tour of country houses usually reserved for museum curators and academics, and you get a sense of Libertine's fascination with grand English style. Libertine is a cult, a status it gained with a little help from celebrity exposure. Enter [Karl Lagerfeld], an early champion, who reportedly owns 19 Libertine jackets. \"It blows my mind,\" says Hartig. \"Cindy and I were having dinner one night when Karl and his posse of six or seven people walked in, and six of them were wearing Libertine. Our jaws fell to the table.\" If there has been a less-than-shiny moment among Libertine's achievements so far, it would be the company's loss of the Council of Fashion Designers of America/Vogue Fashion Fund award last year. \"We lost because we were the only ones who made money,\" says Hartig. \"I knew we made a mistake when they asked how we would spend the prize if we won, and I said I'd buy more Staffordshire figurines, which I don't think was the correct answer.\" Libertine was also cut from Seamless, a film that follows the trials of three designers vying for the award. According to Hartig, the director, Doug Keeve, told him that each time Hartig was on camera, he'd either be \"dancing in a Barneys window or singing on [Damien Hirst] sculptures. It became a little incongruous because they were concentrating on the struggle of young designers.\"