Which store did Barbara Hulanicki open in Kensington in 1964?
Barbara Hulanicki the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2012 New Year Honours for services to the fashion industry. Barbara Hulanicki Barbara Hulanicki (b. 1936) is a fashion designer, born in Warsaw, Poland, to Polish parents and best known as the founder of iconic clothes store Biba. Her father, Witold Hulanicki, was assassinated by the Stern Gang in Jerusalem in 1948, and the family moved to Brighton, England. While studying from 1954 to 1956 at the Brighton School of Art, now the University of Brighton Faculty of Arts, Hulanicki won a London "Evening Standard"-newspaper competition in 1955 for beachwear. She
Barbara Hulanicki with several jersey pieces printed with her original illustrations, bikinis and a cropped suede jacket. In the same month, a handbag in her Art Deco style was made by the Italian label Coccinelle. About the design scene in 2009, Hulanicki has said: "There is very little difference today as opposed to the ‘70s; although, there is much more choice now. Both periods share the same enthusiasm, if you press the right buttons." In December 2013, she was the guest on BBC Radio 4's "Desert Island Discs", where her top choice was "Walk on the Wild Side" by Lou Reed. And