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"The 3,000 foot store room was filled with old stock, rolls and rolls of old prints from the 1920’s and 1930’s.... so we used to buy the fabrics for nothing every time we were cutting new lots of dresses for Biba. The prints were amazing... Once you start you can’t stop!” - conversations about fabrics in 2019 with Barbara Hulanicki! -
When the shop opened in 1969, the paper’s labelled it ‘the most beautiful store in the world.’ Each week it was attracting 30,000 people, more than the Queen’s guard. … and then there was Biba. Barbara Hulanicki’s brainchild!” – from Pattie Boyd’s ‘Wonderful Tonight.’ -
Barbara Hulanicki & Fitz: "On the boat as the ship sailed away to USA, she watched Fitz on the docks getting smaller and smaller. ‘I nearly jumped overboard to swim back to shore..."
Today on the Biba Blog Series, the power couple behind Biba! -
Hello and welcome to our latest collection, a work in progress for the past 2 years and one of THE hardest secrets to keep! -
Just one of our main inspirations, that's all!
You may be familiar with the store Biba from London 1960's & 70's... if not, it was a wonderland, empire of gorgeous clothing and helped break in SO many styles that we still wear today... mini skirts, high knee boots, bohemian, flowing garments and amazing colours & textures!
Behind the scenes was the main founder and designer, Barbara Hulanicki. In our books she's the Mick Jagger of the fashion world!
In the next few weeks will be posting snippets and stories from Barbara all about that time period, dressing everyone from Twiggy to Sonny and Cher as well as the amazing way she designed and produced her garments.
For now, enjoy our collaboration collection with here and you can find a past blog post on her here!!
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Check out the launch at London Fashion Week, in the beautiful Somerset House with London city glowing behind the large-frame windows.
This Ophir textile design has been hand drawn by Barbara Hulanicki for Flare Street. Made in Melbourne, in limited editions!
