1983. Born in Paris to a Vietnamese father and a French
mother, Barbara Bui enters the fashion world by opening the boutique
Kabuki on the rue de Turbigo in Paris. The designer slowly launches
into fashion world by selling her own designs.
1987. First fashion show presentation of the full collection to international
press and buyers. The brand Barbara Bui is born.
1988. The first Barbara Bui boutique opens on the rue Etienne Marcel
in Paris and is met with formidable and immediate success on an international
scale.
The combination of elegance and a rock'n'roll attitude, revealing
freedom and self-confidence, quickly seduces the contemporary woman.
1998. Barbara Bui enters the stock market.
Barbara Bui creates Initials Barbara Bui, a secondary line of separates
designed to complement the spirit of the principal line. The special
emphasis on the trousers, androgynous and feminine, establishes a
wide and loyal following.
1999. Barbara Bui holds her first fashion show in New York and opens
her first boutique in the heart of Soho. Other important openings
include the Avenue Montaigne boutique in Paris and the Via Manzoni
in Milan.
2000. Barbara Bui launches her first luxury accessories collection
of shoes and bags, enhancing the success of the brand.
The house develops the brand's image and notoriety through advertising
campaigns with high profile fashion photographers including David
Bailey.
2003. Bui is launched, oriented towards a refined casual attitude.
Barbara Bui is unanimously elected as a member of the “Chambre
Syndicale de la Couture Française et des Créateurs de
Mode » and returns to the runways during the Paris Fashion Week.
2004. Launch of the first perfume Barbara Bui Le Parfum; discrete,
intimate and caressing sensuality, offered in a pure transparent bottle.
2007. Barbara Bui inaugurates a new concept of store dedicated to
accessory, on the rue de Grenelle in Paris and the Via Sant'Andrea
in Milano.
In March, Barbara Bui opens its first store in partnership, in Moscow
on the Red Square.
