Biba autobiography barbara hulanicki

  • Barbara Hulanicki tells the story of the rise and fall of the tiny, energetic boutique that grow into a vast emporium and epitomised Swinging London.
  • Founder of the legendary 1960s fashion label 'Biba', designer Barbara Hulanicki remembers the moment it all began in this extract from her autobiography.
  • From A to Biba: The Autobiography of Barbara Hulanicki Hulanicki, Barbara.

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    From A to Biba: The Autobiography of Barbara Hulanicki

    February 17, 2013
    From A to Biba: The Autobiography of Barbara Hulanicki is the account of Barbara Hulanicki’s life up to, and a little after, the collapse of the major fashion retailer ‘Biba’ in 1977. I had, of course, heard of Biba and the faint whiff of legend behind the name but didn’t really know much about it. Since reading the book, I have ‘googled’ (aahh…the wonders of Google) images of the clothing and found them to be beautiful – both Hulanicki’s vintage stuff and the modern (and prohibitively expensive) House of Fraser collection that Hulanicki was not involved in.

    The V&A museum have created a beautiful publication, with attractive cover art that looks clean and modern, sharp corners, silky smooth page-edges that cry out to be stroked and a spine that even inom couldn’t bring myself to crack. (I admit it, I’m a shameless spine cracker – inom can’t help myself, I’m sorry spine lovers!) The aesthetics inre were equ

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    Founder of the legendary 1960s mode label 'Biba', designer Barbara Hulanicki remembers the moment it all began in this extract from her autobiography.

    Like any other newly married couple, Fitz and inom had to adjust to each other. When he came home from work he found me ready to go out on the town. He wanted to put his feet up and I had been alone drawing ghastly corsets all day and could not stand another moment in the flat. His evening meals with me were usually out of a tin, with an occasional lovingly mixed burnt omelette, for which he was most grateful. He was always given a choice; food that didn't generate much washing-up, or a hurricane in the kitchen. We could both see we were on a collision course, so I was desperate to try and find something we could do together. At first he was not convinced, but it was becoming obvious we would have to do something where our energies could be united. I felt more and more strained about this.

    One day Fitz came home and said

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    Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Barbara Hulanicki tells the story of the rise and fall of the tiny, chaotic boutique that grew into a vast emporium and epitomised Swinging London. The Biba store was to become an icon of hip 60s and 70s London and a hangout for artists, film stars and rock musicians, including the Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Twiggy, Brigitte Bardot and Marianne Faithful. But in the early 1970s, Hulanicki and her husband Stephen Fitz-Simon lost control after a series of bitter boardroom struggles and for Barbara, Biba was lost. This lively autobiography evokes the adventurous spirit of the 1960s and describes an extraordinary life with clarity and wit. Barbara Hulanicki tells the story of the rise and fall of the tiny, chaotic boutique that grew into a vast emporium and epitomised Swinging London. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.