It Was To Take The Opening Of The Shop Biba In 1964 To Give Everyone The Opportunity To Be "Cool". Biba Was The First Boutique To Enter The Popular Consciousness, And It Changed The Way The Ordinary Girl In The Street Dressed.
--Excerpted From Boutique By Marnie Fogg
Straight From The Era Of Glam Rock, Circa 1972, Comes This Sexed-Up Satin Biba Dress...We See That Fashion-Iconic Girl With A Choppy Shag Haircut, Six-Inch Platforms, And A Feather Boa Wrapped Around Her Lovely Throat Wearing This Dress...On The Satin-O-Meter, This Fabric Scores A Perfect 10...Could Very Well Be Silk-Satin, The Quality Is Superb...The Glam Era Resurrected The 20s/30s Trend For Satin Dresses, And The Quality Rangd From This A+++ To The Licensed Out Cheapie Versions... To Make An Analogy, There's Sparking Wine, But Then There's Champagne!
Holding It In Your Hands Is Such Pleasure, Its Cool Slipperiness Slides Through Your Fingers Like Water...The Color Of The Blue Is The Prettiest Cerulean/Sapphire, Rich And Opulent...Soft And Unlined...Catches The Light With Every Flutter...
Simple Triangle Cups With One Seam...Thin Shoulder Straps...Undefined Waist...Zipper Up The Back...Falls To Just Below The Knee, So Flash Your Tanned Legs!
* It's Almost Impossible To Find A Biba That's Pristine, But This One Comes Close. Has A Couple Of Very Faint Watermarks On The Front...Girls Loved Their Bibas And Actually Wore Them, So We Don't Give A Fig...The Dress As A Whole Has Such A Stellar Quality, A Few Minor Imperfections Cannot Diminish Its Fabulosity...*
SIZE 4
BUST 32/33
LENGTH 44
LABEL BIBA
NEAR-MINT CONDITION
CIRCA 70S |
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