Barbara Bui

Barbara Bui is a French fashion designer and creator of the luxury brand BB, meaning Barbara Bui. She was born in Paris in 1956 to a Vietnamese father and French mother. Her interest in arts led to graduate with PhD in English literature in 1983. After graduation her interest gradually shifted to fashion world. This led her to open a store, a boutique named Kabuki, with the help of her boyfriend and actor William Halimi. Initially Barbara Bui’s Kabuki sold designs of her own and also that of her friends. After a year of hardwork, Kabuki became successful. In 1987 Barbara Bui presented her full collection to international audience.

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Her clean, classic and timeless designs was acknowledged and appreciated, resulting in the birth of brand Barbara Bui. Then in year 1988 her first boutique in her own name, Barbara Bui was opened on the street Etienne Marcel in Paris. Barbara Bui’s design, represented elegance and self-confidence, met with formidable and immediate success on an international scale. Her boutique featured designs which are precisely tailored to suit for free and independent women. Barbara Bui designed trend setting and timeless piece of art for women which can be worn season after season. The rapid fame and expansion of her own brand Barbara Bui led her to enter the stock market in 1998. Barbara Bui’s principle line consists of various dresses for women made of delicate materials.

Following the success of her principle line of cloths, Barbara Bui created the brand BB. BB is a secondary line created as a relief to her principle line. This led her to become one of the few fashion designers to make all types of women clothing. In the same year 1998 she opened Barbara Bui cafe on the street Etienne Marcel in Paris. First time in 1999 Barbara Bui’s collections were presented in New York. Following her successful fashion show she opened another boutique in Soho, New York. In 2000 Barbara Bui entered into accessories category by launching women’s accessories like bags, shoes, Jewels etc. With the help of David Bailey, a world renowned fashion photographer, Barbara Bui created advertising campaigns which appealed to international buyers.

This increase in popularity made her to open another boutique in Milan. In 2003 without any second thought renowned fashion designers elected Barbara Bui as a member of Association of French couture, a prestigious association of world renowned fashion designers. Barbara Bui’s ready-to-wear spring collections are known for its free following and timeless design. In 2004 Barbara Bui launched her perfume Barbara Bui’s Perfume. Barbara Bui’s perfume met with success for its discrete, intimating and caressing sensual odour. Currently, Barbara Bui has large fan following throughout the world. Furthermore, outside of Paris, Barbara Bui has many stores in major fashion cities like Milan , Tokyo , New York etc. In Paris, one of Barbara Bui’s stores located at 50, Avenue Montaigne , among other luxury brands like Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Armani, Dior, Prada, Valentino, Nina Ricci etc.

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