Written on
January 10, 2011 by
Mary Kincaid in
1930s,
1940s,
1960s,
1970s,
1980s,
Biba,
Bill Blass,
Bonnie Cashin,
Christian Dior,
Courreges,
Galliano,
Hattie Carnegie,
Lilli Ann,
Oleg Cassini,
Oscar de la Renta,
Suzy Perette
Written on
June 14, 2010 by
Mary Kincaid in
1900s,
1950s,
1960s,
1970s,
1980s,
1990s,
Beaded,
Biba,
Ceil Chapman,
Celia Birtwell,
Cocktail Dress,
Cocktail Dresses,
Dresses,
Judith Leiber,
Lanvin,
Lilli Ann,
Maxi,
Mink,
Ossie Clark,
Schiaparelli,
St. John,
Tina Leser,
costume jewelry,
dress,
travilla

Just because that liquid metal cyborg in Terminator 2: Judgment Day creeped me out doesn’t mean I completely shy away from metallics now–occasionally one comes along that isn’t tacky and overdone, like today’s VPOD.
Leave it to Biba to get it just right. This early 1970s dress mixes the glitzy chic of the Grammies with the regal style of early Hollywood and throws in just the right…
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Biba was created by Barbara Hulanicki in 1964 when she opened her first shop in a former chemist’s location on Abingdon Road, Kensington. Eventually the store moved to Kensington High Street and later took over the old Derry and Tom’s department store making it the first department store to open in London since WWII.
It was described as “a strange Disneyland.” Shop helpers were told never…
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