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
King Biba In 1965, the president of Iraq Abdul Salam Arif congratulated Biba with a gold watch in honor of him winning a singing competition on television. From 1962 to 1979, Biba made frequent appearances on Iraqi television. In the 1980s, Biba produced his first studio albums, and continued singing in concert parties and weddings until the early 1990s, before he became ill with alcoholic liver disease, and eventually succumbing to his illness in 1995. Late Biba resided in Chicago with his wife and daughter Krystal. He is laid to rest in Montrose Cemetery in Chicago. Other Iraqi ethnic groups, such as