Biba in the mid-1990s with Monica Zipper as head designer. Barbara Hulanicki has not been involved with any of these relaunches, and due to the use of Biba's logo and similar labels, these garments are easy to pass off as original vintage pieces. The Biba label was relaunched again in May 2006 under designer Bella Freud. Again, Biba's founder, Barbara Hulanicki, was not contacted for the relaunch and said it was 'very, very painful', believing that the new Biba would 'betray its heritage.' Freud's first collection Spring/Summer 2007 was unveiled at London Fashion Week in September 2006, and was criticised for
Biba of mail-order catalogues followed in 1968, which allowed customers to buy Biba style without having to come to London. The next move, in 1969, was to Kensington High Street, into a store which previously sold carpet. Again, it was unique; a mix of Art Nouveau decor and Rock and Roll decadence. On 1 May 1971 a bomb was set off inside the store by The Angry Brigade. They claimed responsibility for it in Communique 8, which was published in "IT" magazine. In 1973 with the backing of Dorothy Perkins and British Land, the store moved to the seven-storey Derry &