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Barbara Hulanicki

Fashion designer and founder of Biba clothes store

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Dhani harrison In , Hulanicki agreed to serve as a consultant for Biba, the first time since that she had been involved with her created brand. About the design scene in , Hulanicki has said: "There is very little difference today as opposed to the '70s; although, there is much more choice now. She also has a great figure with long legs. At the beginning of the sixties, there was no fashion for the young.

) is a fashion designer, born in Warsaw, Poland, to Polish parents and best known as the founder of clothes store Biba.[1]

Early life

Hulanicki was born in Warsaw, Poland, to Polish parents.[2] Her father, Witold Hulanicki, was assassinated by the nationalist organisation Lehi in Jerusalem in ,[2][3] and the family moved to Brighton, England.[4][5]

Career

While studying from to at the Brighton School of Art,[6] Hulanicki won an Evening Standard competition in for beachwear.

She began her career in fashion as a freelance fashion illustrator for various magazines, including Vogue, Tatler and Women's Wear Daily.

Hulanicki sold her first designs through a small mail-order business[6] that was featured in the fashion columns of newspapers such as the London Daily Mirror.

In , she opened her Biba shop in the Kensington district of London with the help of her husband, Stephen Fitz-Simon.[6] The shop soon became known for its "stylishly decadent atmosphere" and decor inspired by Art Nouveau and Art Deco.[6]

It became a hangout for artists, film stars and rock musicians, including Mick Jagger and The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Marianne Faithfull and Cathy McGowan, presenter of British pop/rock TV programme Ready Steady Go!.

In the shop, a young clientele bought affordable mini-skirts, floppy felt hats, feather boas, velvet trouser suits and unisex tee-shirts dyed in rich, muted colours. Anna Wintour started in fashion at age 15 as a Biba employee.[7]

After the shop's closure, Hulanicki moved to Brazil, where she opened several other stores.[6] She kept designing for labels such as Fiorucci and Cacharel and from to designed a line of children's wear, Minirock, licensed to the Japanese market.

In she opened a new shop in UK.[6]

In , she moved to Miami, Florida, where she opened an interior design business,[6] designing hotels for Chris Blackwell in Jamaica and the Bahamas. She has designed wallpaper for the Habitat store chain in Europe, launched a fashion and home range in India, and also produced a wallpaper range in her widely recognised Art Deco[8] style for Graham & Brown.

British retailer Topshop opened a New York City store in April , and later that month launched a collection featuring Hulanicki's designs. She produced a collection for Topshop featuring billowing chiffon dresses and blouses reminiscent of her original Biba style, along with several jersey pieces printed with her original illustrations, bikinis and a cropped suede jacket.

In the same month, a handbag in her Art Deco[8] style was made by the Italian label Coccinelle. About the design scene in , Hulanicki has said: "There is very little difference today as opposed to the '70s; although, there is much more choice now.

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    • Both periods share the same enthusiasm, if you press the right buttons."[9]

    In December , she was the guest on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs, where her top choice was "The Girl from Ipanema" by Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto, with vocal by Astrud Gilberto. In September , Hulanicki was interviewed on the BBC TV's HARDtalk.

    She has said: "Now whenever I finish something I take some photographs and say 'goodbye'. When you lose everything, you realise that the only thing you have is what's in your head."[10]

    In , the British department store group House of Fraser bought the rights to the Biba label.

    Barbara hulanicki george harrison Box: 56, Volume: 14 Mixed Materials. In the shop, a young clientele bought affordable mini-skirts, floppy felt hats, feather boas, velvet trouser suits and unisex tee-shirts dyed in rich, muted colours. Archived from the original PDF on 12 April Not long after the huge High Street Kensington super-store opened along came the property crash and subsequently the three day week.

    In , Hulanicki agreed to serve as a consultant for Biba, the first time since that she had been involved with her created brand.[11]

    In , Hulanicki started a new venture with virtual reality company, BrandLab, to create a new label titled 'Hula'.[12] The new brand will be sold exclusively to trade buyers on BrandLab 's digital showroom and was created after Hulanicki met with the platform's founders in Miami, where she is now based.[13]

    Awards

    Hulanicki received an Honorary Doctorate from Heriot-Watt University in [14]

    Hulanicki was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the New Year Honours for services to the fashion industry.[15]

    References

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    2. ^ abSherwood, Harriet (11 December ). "Mystery of father's murder may soon be over for Biba's Barbara Hulanicki". The Guardian.
    3. ^Ginor, Isabella; Remez, Gideon (). "A Cold War Casualty in Jerusalem, The Assassination of Witold Hulanicki".

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    4. ^"Hardeep Singh Kohli, Dr Pamela Stephenson, Alan Root, Barbara Hulanicki, Nadine Mortimer-Smith, Midweek – BBC Radio 4".
    5. ^Hall, Duncan (21 September ). "Biba And Beyond: Barbara Hulanicki". The Argus (Brighton).
    6. ^ abcdefgElizabeth Lomas; Archive of Art and Design (Great Britain) ().

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    10. ^Sawer, Patrick (30 May ). "Fashion's ice queen Anna Wintour opens up about family". Daily Telegraph.
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    12. ^Espinosa, Renata (23 April ). "Biba Founder Barbara Hulanicki Returns to Fashion with Topshop". Fashion Wire Daily. Archived from the original on 16 May
    13. ^"Desert Island Discs: Barbara Hulanicki". BBC. 8 December Retrieved 13 December
    14. ^Bergin, Olivia (3 November ).

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    15. ^"How Biba Founder Barbara Hulanicki Rewrote the Rules of Fashion". W Magazine. Retrieved 1 April
    16. ^Roberts, Lauretta (25 February ).

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    17. ^"Heriot-Watt University News: Summer "(PDF). Archived from the original(PDF) on 12 April
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