This mannequin head was used as a display for hats, jewellery and accessories in the vast 'Big Biba' department store which opened in 1973 on Kensington High Street. The store’s theatrical interior design mixed Art Deco glamour with kitsch theatricality. This mannequin echoes the Biba ‘look’, with its retro 1930s feel and its brown and maroon colour palette.
Category:
Social History
Object ID:
74.420/42
Object name:
mannequin
Object type:
mannequin
Artist/Maker:
Biba, Hulanicki, Barbara
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Production date:
1973-1975
Material:
plastic
Measurements/duration:
H 705 mm, W 330 mm (max), D 185 mm, L 240 mm (base), W 220 mm (base)
