In 1964, Polish-born fashion illustrator Barbara Hulanicki opened a small fashion boutique in Kensington's Abingdon Road, and ... shop's cultural importance". The shop was called Biba, the ...

Now, a new exhibition, The Biba Story: 1964-1975 at London ’s Fashion & Textiles Museum ... Although Hulanicki, now 87 and living in Miami, shut up shop in 1976, the brand has lived on ...

Tessa Hallmann Big Biba’s dramatic fall from the top would occur in 1975, only shortly after opening, due to economic recession, the financial strain of running such a big store, and disputes between ...

The London scene was the epitome of cool, and Biba was the epitome of the London scene. As Bárbara once said, her label and store weren’t “just selling dresses, it’s a whole way of life”.