Description
| Product ID: | 9781851779635 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | V&A Fashion Perspectives |
| Title: | From A to Biba |
| Subtitle: | The Autobiography of Barbara Hulanicki |
| Authors: | Author: Barbara Hulanicki |
| Page Count: | 176 |
| Subjects: | Fashion and textile design, Fashion & textiles: design, Autobiography: arts and entertainment, Autobiography: arts & entertainment |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating 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. |
| Imprint Name: | V & A Publishing |
| Publisher Name: | V & A Publishing |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2018-08-07 |