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Iconic Indian designer Rohit Bal dies aged 63

Renowned Indian designer Rohit Bal died of a cardiac-related issue on Friday night in New Delhi at the age of 63. The designer underwent an angioplasty seven years ago and was hospitalised last year for a heart condition. Due to his health issues, he had taken a break from fashion but returned a few weeks ago to show his last collection “...

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Barbara Hulanicki illustration exhibit opens in Miami

There are few more ardent observers of the evolution of female beauty than Barbara Hulanicki OBE whose doe-eyed, gangly limbed Biba Girl is as imprinted in our culture as Botticelli’s Venus. Think of Twiggy with her long lashes and pixie cut, the face of the Sixties youthquake and long term friend of Hulanicki's. The Biba store which opened in...

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Business

German womenswear maker Biba reaches end of road

German womenswear brand Biba GmbH will cease operations by year end. Insolvency administrator Georg Kreplin announced the decision of the creditors' meeting, according to a report by Immobilien Zeitung. The decision means that about 480 employees of the Gelsenkirchen, Germany-based, company will lose their jobs. The remaining 130 stores will be...

Fashion

Barbara Hulanicki back at Biba after 39 years

Iconic fashion label Biba and its founder, Barbara Hulanicki, are joining forces once again. The Polish-born 78 year old designer has signed a consultancy agreement with House of Fraser, which own the rights to the brand. The Sunday Times reports that Hulanicki, who founded Biba fifty years ago and left the brand eleven years later, is to design...

Design

Farfetch.com to launch series of engaging initiatives for fall

London-based e-tailer Farfetch, has line up three initiatives to launch this fall. Next month, the online fashion retailer is set to introduced a new global shopping app, Farfetch Discover for iPhone users. The new app will function similarly to the retailer’s website, linking users to different stores from around the world and will feature...

Design

Barbara Hulanicki at Asda

Barbara Hulanicki, Founder of the global fashion phenomenon Biba in the 1960s, has partnered with George at Asda to create a new collection for Autumn/Winter 2010. Staying true to her design philosophy to make high fashion affordable, Hulanicki’s pieces will be on sale from £8. Biba, now owned by House of Fraser, launched under the same premise...

Fashion

Biba by James Wedge

Online Gallery 55max.com has discovered a selection of unsigned original Biba posters by James Wedge. The Biba posters date from 1974 and supposed to hit the shop floor of all Biba boutiques. Unfortunately the posters never made it, as Biba went into bankruptcy. The Biba brand was born in a London boutique in 1964. With taking it’s inspiration...

Fashion

Biba finds new investor

Biba, the quintessentially British fashion label made popular in the 60s, has found a new stakeholder. Manny Mashouf, chairman and founder of the fashion retailer Bebe, has taken a 60 percent stake, making it an Anglo-American company like Burberry. Biba has been facing a tumultuous season with the departure of creative director Bella Freud...

Fashion

Bella Freud quits Biba

Designer Bella Freud has quit Biba to focus on her own collection. Biba, which shows during London Fashion Week, was relaunched only last year, failing expectations to return to its iconic status of the 60s. "Even when I was working with Biba, I was doing my own collection on a minute scale. Now, I really want to put all of my energy into it....

Fashion

Biba is back

At the end of this month a new Biba range will hit the stores. The brand, which was a hit in the 60's, has been re-born, albeit with a more luxurious edge, according to Sunday Times Style. The new Biba range sees Bella Freud as its creative director, who once showed her collection during London Fashion Week. The iconic brand that defined all...

Fashion

Biba's 40th birthday

Forty years ago, in its heyday, the London fashion and lifestyle emporium was the place to shop. Biba, founded by husband-and-wife-team Barbara Hulanicki and Stephen Fitz-Simon in 1964, rapidly became an iconic brand on the London fashion scene. Known for its anti-establishment attitude to fashion and lifestyle, Biba set the tone for the fashion...