The Quinby Vintage Blog

  • Scatter My Ashes at BIBA: Requiem for a Department Store

    by Katherine Stone
    A closer look at the interior of the BIG BIBA department store, clearly the greatest shopping experience of yesteryear.  In the time of coronavirus, it's only healthy to dream of a time when hundreds of people could shop in the same place, touch things with wild abandon, and share makeup from the cosmetics counter. 
    Oh, and there's also a giant in-store leopard bed. 
    Posted in 1960s fashion, 1970s fashion, biba, coronavirus, department stores, fashion history