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Barbara had always dreamt of wearing brown lipsticks & natural shades, one's that shied away from the coral, bright pink and scarlet. Colours of lipsticks at Biba were now blues, purples, greens and black with matching eyeshadows and contour powder for the cheeks!! -
"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.’ -
“I shall never forget in the first little shop the day a limousine arrived outside and this couple got out… we had never seen anybody like them, both wore FLARED pants! It was Sony and Cher!” From our conversations with Barbara Hulanicki.
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Today, we’re launching from the very beginning… so for all of those who are yet to know about Biba, welcome! For those that are already Biba fans, hey there! And for the lucky ones out there who own a piece of Biba clothing, what an absolute dream!!
