Biba was a London fashion store of the 1960s and 1970s. Biba was started and run by the Polish-born Barbara Hulanicki and her husband Stephen Fitz-Simon. [1] After the original company closed in 1975, Biba was relaunched several times, independently of Hulanicki. As of 2024 it was a brand of the House of Fraser.

2016年10月26日 · Biba was, in its time, an astounding phenomenon; the fabric of the highly-coloured Sixties was so strong that it became part of the folklore of that period. But Biba was not merely a shop, it came to represent a complete philosophy, and for many the end of Biba marked the end of an era.

2024年9月8日 · Exploring how fashion phenomenon Biba blossomed to become the world’s first lifestyle label. In the summer of 1963, fashion illustrator Barbara Hulanicki established a mail-order company selling affordable fashion appealing to a new generation of young women, which she named Biba.

2024年3月28日 · Sixty years on, a new exhibition at the city's Fashion & Textile Museum celebrates "the iconic shop's cultural importance". The shop was called Biba, the nickname of Hulanicki's younger sister...

2024年9月18日 · "Biba attracted troublemakers or people who liked to make trouble," asserts Barbara Hulanicki, the ever-energetic founder of the legendary British 1960s and 70s label and four boutiques, now...

Between 1963 and 1975, the seemingly unstoppable phenomenon that was Biba went from mail-order to boutique shop to department store to a seven-storey colossus, followed by the label’s sudden and complete disappearance from London’s Kensington High Street.

2024年8月15日 · Biba was the first company to produce a full range of cosmetics for both Black skin and for men. Mail order took Biba garments and accessories nationwide in the UK. In the United States fabrics were sold with accompanying patterns through Macy’s, and a Biba department was set up in Bergdorf Goodman.

Starting life as a small mail-order business, Barbara Hulanicki's 'Biba' evolved into a style and retail phenomenon. The daughter of a Polish diplomat, Barbara Hulanicki moved to London with her family after the Second World War.

2024年3月21日 · Big Biba offered a new model of fashion retail by providing a place that catered for the whole family, with entertainment, food and even a crèche for customers, as well as one for staff.

"The Biba Story explores how fashion phenomenon Biba blossomed to become the world’s first lifestyle label, sparking a revolution in how people shopped and how Biba earned its spot as the brand that epitomises 1960s and 1970s fashion.