Biba Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Hulanicki, Barbara
- Fitz-Simon, Stephen
- Perkins, Dorothy
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- South Kensington, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
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Distribution - retailing
Mail order & catalogue retailing
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Distribution - retailing
Wearing apparel, footwear, haberdashery, mercery, etc, retailing
Notes:
Established 1963 by Barbara Hulanicki, b1936, fashion designer, and Stephen Fitz-Simon as a mail order business selling inexpensive women's fashionware. Developed a cult status and opened first store, at Kensington, London, in 1964. Refinanced by Dorothy Perkins and others c1970 when Biba Ltd formed. Closed 1975.
Publications:
- BIBA. Design, identity and the pleasure of consumption by McIntyre, Kate
- Biba. The label, the lifestyle, the look by Unknown
- Big Biba. Inside the most beautiful store in the world by Thomas, Steven, & Alwyn W Turner
- From A to Biba by Hulanicki, Barbara
- In Biba. A graphic romance by Howard, Delisia
- The Biba Experience by Turner, Alwyn
- The Biba Years, 1963-1975 by Hulanicki, Barbara, & Martin Pel
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Hulanicki, Barbara
- Fitz-Simon, Stephen
- Perkins, Dorothy
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- South Kensington, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
- Distribution - retailing Mail order & catalogue retailing
- Distribution - retailing Wearing apparel, footwear, haberdashery, mercery, etc, retailing
Notes:
Established 1963 by Barbara Hulanicki, b1936, fashion designer, and Stephen Fitz-Simon as a mail order business selling inexpensive women's fashionware. Developed a cult status and opened first store, at Kensington, London, in 1964. Refinanced by Dorothy Perkins and others c1970 when Biba Ltd formed. Closed 1975.Publications:
- BIBA. Design, identity and the pleasure of consumption by McIntyre, Kate
- Biba. The label, the lifestyle, the look by Unknown
- Big Biba. Inside the most beautiful store in the world by Thomas, Steven, & Alwyn W Turner
- From A to Biba by Hulanicki, Barbara
- In Biba. A graphic romance by Howard, Delisia
- The Biba Experience by Turner, Alwyn
- The Biba Years, 1963-1975 by Hulanicki, Barbara, & Martin Pel