Barbara Hulanicki
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INTERVIEW with legendary designer and fashion icon BARBARA HULANCKI of the Swinging 60’s who’s still making a creative impact now
In the 1960s, way before the world was flooded with designers of the Ralph Lauren, Giorgio Armani, Calvin Klein, Dolce & Gabbana ilk, London discovered Barbara Hulanicki, who very quickly became a fashion legend. Prior to the advent of the Swinging Sixties, fashion was dull and positively fuddy duddy and this remarkable Polish émigré changed…
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Queerguru’s Sandy MacLennan reviews The Biba Story, 1964-1975 Exploring how fashion phenomenon Biba blossomed to become the world’s first lifestyle label.
The BIBA Story, 1964-1975. The Fashion and Textiles Museum is a unique creative hub, museum and workshop space in London’s edgy Bermondsey. It’s also where the UK fashion doyenne Zandra Rhodes lives and works, overseeing a roster of exhibits that celebrate the craft, creativity and history of fashion and textiles. This year the museum has…
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BIBA : The Biba Story, 1964-1975 : how Barbara Hulanicki created a fashion revolution at London’s Fashion and Textile Museum
The Fashion and Textile Museum is about to present the first-ever London exhibition of BIBA: The Biba Story: 1964-1975. This is the only exhibition that looks at the history of Biba, from the first simple shift dresses to the glamorous devoréwraps, sequinned bodices, leopard print coats, trouser suits, floppy hats, and feather…
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Queerguru goes people watching at Miami Beach Pride 2022
Most places in the US celebrate PRIDE in June, except for Miami Beach because it is far too hot. And we are talking weather … (and maybe the skimpy clad men that take to the sands to party away). So Pride is in April in this happening city with its significant diverse international LGBTQ+…