Biba in 1975, Biba was closed by the British Land Company. The Dorothy Perkins shareholder decided that the Derry and Toms building that housed Big Biba was worth more than the ailing business itself. It sold the trademark to a consortium with no connection to Barbara Hulanicki, who opened a store in London on 27 November 1978, on two floors in Conduit Street in London's Mayfair. The store was not a success, and closed less than two years later. There have been several attempts to relaunch Biba, the first occurring as soon after its closure as 1977. Another relaunch took place
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