Barbara Hulanicki founded the iconic Biba brand in 1963, beginning as a small mail order business in London. Biba launched with a pink gingham shift dress featuring a keyhole back and a Biba: 'The Only Thing You Have Is What's in Your Head' Jim Carroll's Blog Made for 18 Inch Size Dolls, Margret Robbie Movie Inspired Pink and White Gingham Strappy Summer Dress and White Shoes. Etsy From the iconic mail order gingham dress, to the psychedelic 'clouds' print and the radical, Art Nouveau inspired cosmetic bottles, we are tracing the defining details of Biba throughout the 1960s 70s in The Biba Sewing the 60s: Biba's Pink Gingham dress Sewing the 60s: Replicating Biba's pink gingham dress