From A to Biba: The Autobiography of Barbara Hulanicki

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.

Barbara Hulanicki’s BIBA Shop grew from one room to a five-story department store as it became an icon of hip ’60s and ’70s London and a hangout for artists, movie stars, and rock musicians, including David Bowie, Twiggy, and Marianne Faithfull.

BIBA’s black-and-gold Deco-style logo is still a familiar symbol of Swinging London’s heyday as a world capital of fashion, music, and the arts, but in the early 1970s Hulanicki and her husband, Stephen Fitz-Simon, lost control of their business and for Barbara, BIBA was gone.

This lively autobiography evokes the adventurous spirit of the 1960s and describes an extraordinary life with clarity and wit.

• | Author: Barbara Hulanicki
• | Publisher: V & A Publishing
• | Publication Date: Aug 07, 2018
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781851779635
• | ISBN-10: 1851779639