Hulanicki was interested in producing cosmetics in a large range of new, bright colours, that would enable her customers to create a complete "Biba look". This included items such as green lipstick that were extremely unusual for the time. The company was also the first to sell cosmetics for Black skin and for men.

Apr 2, 2020 · This is the Biba look — the look that’s turning on all of young London. To get it together, everyone’s shopping at the smashing new Biba department store for an eclectic mix of mood clothes, pale-face cosmetics and unique home furnishings — and every Biba find is the brainchild of designer Barbara Hulanicki !

Biba started life in late 1963 as a mail order company advertising ready-to-sew garments designed by Barbara Hulanicki, although the enterprise did not have the name Biba at that point. The garments were advertised in British daily newspapers such as the Daily Mirror.

Blueberry and plum vintage-style dresses, maxi coats, the first sequinned tops, wide-brimmed hats, louis heels. And makeup? To match, therefore strong details and all-over light. In other...

BIBA fashions, designed by Barbara Hulanicki, were all the rage in London in the ’60s and ’70s. The “Biba Look” or “Dudu Look” was described by Hulanicki as “fresh little foals with long legs, bright faces, and round dolly eyes.”

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Biba was a look that resurrected the 1920s glam (which I love love) within the hip hip era of swinging London. It was a severe look, copied and recycled to this day, with lots of berry colors and prints, gold and black, turbans, prairie dresses and tights in a sort of Gypsy way.

Oct 26, 2016 · The streets of London were suddenly filled with Biba girls: beautiful and skinny with never-ending matchstick legs, their faces painted dead white, eyes fringed with soot-black false lashes. In 1969 Biba sold control over to the Dorothy Perkins high street fashion chain.

Apr 10, 2019 · Shapes – Key staples of Biba’s look included droopy low cut necklines with ties, head-to-toe prints, bias-cut maxi dresses, midi length double-breasted trench coats and long rows of buttons. Biba also used gathered in sleeves with long cuffs, flared skirts and long-line waistcoats that cut off at the same length as a mini skirt.

Apr 23, 2021 · Imagine the public shock when girls started wearing Biba Cosmetic's blue, green, purple and black lipsticks. When Biba launched its cosmetics range in 1970, their dark ‘auntie’ inspired colours, including chocolate brown and mulberry lipsticks, were completely novel.