Bibi Russell

Bibi Russell
Born Chittagong, Bangladesh
Alma mater London College of Fashion
Occupation Entrepreneur, fashion designer, model
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)[1]
Parent(s) Mokhlessur Rahman
Shamsunnahar Rahman

Bibi Russell is a Bangladeshi fashion designer and former international model.

Career

Bibi was born in Chittagong, Bangladesh to Mokhlessur Rahman and Shamsun Nahar. She grew up in Dhaka studying in Kamrunnessa Govt. Girls' High School and Later College of Home Economics, Azimpur, Dhaka.[2] She earned a graduate degree in fashion from London College of Fashion in 1975. In the next five years, she worked as a model for different magazines including Vogue, Cosmopolitan and Harper's Bazaar.[1] She also worked as a fashion model in fashion shows until 1994, working with Yves Saint Laurent, Kenzo, Karl Lagerfeld and Giorgio Armani.[1] Having returned to Bangladesh in 1994, Bibi opened Bibi Productions, a fashion house, fusing indigenous Bengali cultural elements into her line. As of 2004, her company employed 35,000 weavers in rural Bangladesh.[1]

Fashion shows

With assistance from UNESCO, Bibi organized her first European fashion show in Paris in 1996. She also organized fashion show, The Colours of Bangladesh, in Spain in 1997.[3]

Awards

Bibi was rewarded Cross of Officer of the Order of Queen Isabella by the King of Spain.[3] It was presented by Spanish Ambassador to Bangladesh, Arturo Perez Martinez. Bibi is also a Fellow of Bangla Academy.[3] The Asiaweek magazine highlighted her as "One of the 20 people to watch in the Millennium". She was awarded the Honorary Fellowship of the London Institute in 1999. UNESCO awarded her the title Designer for Development in 1999. She also got the title of Artist for Peace by the UNESCO in 2001 and the Peace Prize by the United Nations Associations of Spain in 2004.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Kajalie Shehreen Islam. "Bibi Russel - Weaver of Coloured Dreams". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2012-11-13.
  2. ↑ http://archive.thedailystar.net/magazine/2004/02/03/coverstory.htm
  3. 1 2 3 STS. "bibi does it again". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2012-11-13.
  4. ↑ "Tribute to Bibi Russell and Fashion for Development Project". Retrieved 2012-11-13.

External links

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