Libertine

You know you've made it when Karl Lagerfeld gives you free reign to use the tub in his hotel bathroom. That's the story Libertine designer Johnson Hartig tells in this exclusive clip from the upcoming documentary Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf Goodman, which explores the retailer's rich history.

In the clip, Hartig calls the store "the quintessential New York experience. It's just always seemed otherworldly, and it seemed like they got everything so perfectly right. So it was kind of the most exciting experience to be called by them."

As for Lagerfeld's bathroom? Either wait for the film to premiere on May 2, or watch the clip here.

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>> In celebration of its fifth year collaborating with designers, Target will re-release 34 dresses from 17 past Go International participants — to hit most Target stores and online at Target.com on March 13, 2011.

The Go International Designer Collective line, as its being called, will feature signature dresses from the past Target lines of Luella Bartley, Tara Jarmon, Paul & Joe, Behnaz Sarafpour, Proenza Schouler, Libertine, Alice Temperley, Erin Fetherston, Jovovich-Hawk, Rogan, Richard Chai, Jonathan Saunders, Thakoon, Tracy Feith, Rodarte, Zac Posen, and Tucker. Only Patrick Robinson of Gap declined the opportunity to work with Target again, saying he had other commitments. Images of the collection, which will be in stores through April 10, 2011, are expected to be available in February.

>> Designer Updates: No Spring 2010 Generra Womenswear for Swaim Hutson, Libertine Splits —Recently-named Generra creative director Swaim Hutson only worked on the brand's menswear for Spring 2010 (left); his womenswear comes next February for Fall 2010.  And Libertine co-founders Johnson Hartig and Cindy Greene have split after returning to New York Fashion Week last season; Hartig plans to continue the label: “I’ll just be doing the vintage pieces that we started with eight years ago, not the newer productions we have been doing for the past three years.” [Style.com Twitter, WWD]