Biba...viva Biba....a thread for chat about Biba and links for anyone who is interested in stuff about BIBA fashion and history

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here is a start

My best mate at Montessori school was Barbara Hulanicki's son Witold - I remember going to his house and thinking it very strange that they had a Victorian rolltop iron bath in the living room and lots of beaded curtains. She gave me a lovely mustard coloured catsuit with lots of buttons down the from and I still have it.

My mum used to take me to the Biba store in Kensington High Street when I was about 7 - it was like a magic kingdom! The amber glass bead curtains were so heavy that they often broke: I used to collect up the loose beads and take them home with me

a few items for sale here with photos

and the Biba experience

have you still got the beads?

wow treacletart put up a photo!

No, although they might be lurking in the bottom of one of mum's tins of buttons/beads!

I haven't but I shall when i have time..

I was made to sit next mr garnett on a geography trip to malham because i was wearing Biba green nail varnish alternating with purple and blue

seem to recall a lot of very tiny lambswool jumpers