From A. to Biba - Softcover
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.
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`A new edition of this charming and wry look at the Swinging Sixties through the eyes of Hulanicki, founder of Biba, the hippest shop in London' --Harpers Bazaar, 2007
`By turns poignant, hilarious and downright surreal, it's the perfect glam holiday read' --Elle Decoration, 2007
'With the Art Deco-era elegance that she made so popular in the seventies back again, the timing of designer Barbara Hulanicki's reissued memoir From A to Biba couldn't be better' --Vogue (US), 2007
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`By turns poignant, hilarious and downright surreal, it's the perfect glam holiday read' --Elle Decoration, 2007
'With the Art Deco-era elegance that she made so popular in the seventies back again, the timing of designer Barbara Hulanicki's reissued memoir From A to Biba couldn't be better' --Vogue (US), 2007
Barbara Hulanicki lives in Miami Beach as a designer of interiors and exteriors.
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- PublisherTyne & Wear Museums
- Publication date1984
- ISBN 10 0863790224
- ISBN 13 9780863790225
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages176
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: VERY GOOD. 1984. Comet. Softback. Book- VG. 9.5x6.5. 168pp. 40 b/w photos. Setting the style for a generation, Biba was chic and cheap. Barbara Hulanicki was Biba and saw her tiny, chaotic boutique grow into a vast and glorious Kensington emporium. But the dream shop did not last long, dying along with the spirit of the sixties. Barbara Hulanicki here vividly recreates her extraordinary childhood before describing the Biba years. Seller Inventory # 1164210
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