Biba Biba Biba was a London fashion store of the 1960s and 1970s. Biba was started and primarily run by the Polish-born Barbara Hulanicki with help of her husband Stephen Fitz-Simon. Biba's early years were rather humble, with many of the outfits being cheap and available to the public by mail order. Biba’s postal boutique had its first significant success in May 1964 when it offered a pink gingham dress with a hole cut out of the back of the neck with a matching triangular kerchief to readers of the "Daily Mirror". The dress had celebrity appeal, as a similar dress
King Biba of 11. In his inception, he only sung in Arabic, imitating his idol Farid Al Atrash, a famous Syrian-Egyptian singer. Influenced by Assyrian singer Oshana Youel Mirza, Biba ultimately began to sing in the Assyrian language in 1961 on stage, where he became an instant sensation and adopted his stage name "Biba". A pioneer of his kind, he and musician George Ishu endeavored to bring to life a new type of music sound, stating, "We did not want to imitate Western music...We wanted to continue in the path of Eastern music, but possess a new sound, provide a new dimension".