Barbara Hulanicki’s latest collection for George is available exclusively from George.com and has a distinctly oriental theme to it.

The range was inspired by oriental florals, soft 70’s daisy prints and romantic hand-drawn heart prints – perfect for Valentine’s Day.

All the pieces in the collection are very versatile so you can wear them at work and then dress them up for a night out. You can wear the tops with formal trousers or jeans for a smart, casual look.

Amanda from the George design team says: “My favourite pieces are the oriental printed chiffon blouse and the colour blocked dippy hem tunic. I’d wear the chiffon blouse with skinny jeans and pumps and I’d wear the tunic with black leggings or black skinny jeans and heeled boots.”

Congratulations to visionary designer Barbara Hulanicki who was celebrated for her services to the fashion industry in the Queen’s New Year Honours List published this morning.

The Queen’s list recognises outstanding achievement and service across the whole of the United Kingdom – and Barbara, founder of the iconic 1960s fashion store Biba, has been given an OBE as part of her contribution to the industry and economy.

We’re delighted to be working with Barbara once again to make fashion affordable and accessible to everyone through her collections with George.

She said in an earlier interview: “Working with George has been an inspiration; from brand director Fiona Lambert who understands cutting techniques and the importance of fittings to a dream design and technical team.”

“The George collection perfectly carries my signature handwriting with original designs and prints as I love the idea of producing unique products, not just doing what everyone else is doing.”

Barbara’s latest collection with George launches exclusively online next week – you can see an exclusive sneak preview of the gorgeous dresses and Barbara’s illustrations here.

We’re delighted to give you a sneak preview of Barbara Hulanicki’s gorgeous new collection – exclusively available online at George.com.

Barbara founded the Biba label of the 1960s that brought high fashion to the high street – and her collections with George have once again made fashion affordable for everyone.

They’ve been hugely popular with our customers since her first collection launched in November last year and the new collection features four statement dresses in Barbara’s signature prints.

The range launches in early January but here on the George Style Blog we’re giving you a sneak peek at the dresses – and Barbara’s beautiful illustrations that inspired them.

Read more and see Barbara's illustrations

The WGSN Global Fashion Awards recognise the most innovative and inspirational brands, retailers and manufacturers – so we’re delighted that we’ve been nominated in the Outstanding Collaboration/Collaborator category for our collaboration with iconic designer Barbara Hulanicki.

Barbara Hulanicki founded fashion brand Biba in the 1960s and her first collection for George hit stores in November 2010. Her fourth collection is now available in store and online at George.com.

She not only designs the ranges and her signature prints but also visits the factories where her clothes are made so that she can work with the pattern cutters and make sure that each collection matches her vision.

Barbara says: “I have always felt passionate that fashion should be for all, no matter what your budget, so to be able to produce high quality design and shapes at such good quality that are so affordable is wonderful. My collections for George reflect all of my favourite silhouettes, prints and signature wardrobe essentials!”

Find out more about why we teamed up with Barbara Hulanicki.

The finalists in each of the categories – which include Global Brand/Retailer, Breakthrough Designer, Most Sustainable Brand/Retailer and Most Innovative Marketing Campaign – will now be decided by a panel of judges and the overall winners will be announced on 20th October 2011 in New York.

See the full shortlist and find out more on the WGSN website.

If you’re going to a festival this summer then you’ll need a pair of wellies – and the more stylish the better!

Forget boring green wellies – to really look the part you’ll need to go for bright colours and even prints. Fortunately these fabulous printed wellies (below) are part of our new Barbara Hulanicki collection launching on Monday. Iconic British fashion designer Barbara, who launched the Biba brand in the 1960s, has designed these three eye-catching prints exclusively for George.

Choose from her signature abstract print in purple, her purple leopard print or black and white skull design.

They’ll look great in the rain or the sunshine teamed with shorts and a bright vest or tunic top from our festival collection.

Our Facebook competition to win a pair of Barbara Hulanicki wellies is now closed. Thanks to everyone who entered – the winner will be notified soon by e-mail. Full terms and conditions of the competition can be found here.

Barbara Hulanicki’s latest collection launches in store and online at George.com on Monday 27th June. As well as the wellies it includes a polka dot tunic, rose print chiffon blouse, classic wrap dress and lilac rose print top. For this collection – her fourth for George – she’s gone for a subtler palette of lilacs, cream and grey with hints of navy and hot pink. Check out our gallery below for a sneak preview:

The new collection from Barbara Hulanicki is online now and in store from Monday 11th April and we’ve got three signature pieces to give away – a floral print tea dress, a striped wrap dress and a colour block angel top.

It is the fashion designer’s third collection for George and this time there are plenty of bright colours for summer including fun magenta pinks and oranges. The range includes tea dresses and wide-leg palazzo trousers as well as volume jersey tops and midi dresses.

Barbara Hulanicki, who founded British fashion label Biba, is famous for her bold prints and has used a feather print in this collection. She has also added a bootcut slim fit jean in black and navy blue which looks great teamed with the chiffon dragonfly print blouse or with this snake print gypsy blouse during the day.

View the Barbara Hulanicki collection here.

Facebook competition

We’ve got two fabulous dresses from the new collection to give away in our latest George Facebook competition. To enter just “like” us on Facebook and leave a comment under the photo of your favourite dress, telling us why you like it – don’t forget to include the size you’d like to win. The competition closes at 2pm on Thursday 14th April. Full terms and conditions here. Good luck!

Twitter competition

Our competition has now closed – see the terms and conditions.

Barbara Hulanicki’s new collection is out now in store and on George.com. As we said in our exclusive preview her second collection includes retro prints, chiffon tops and 70s shapes.

Fashion editors loved this amazing printed midi dress (left) as well as this printed tie neck blouse and this dragonfly print blouse.

We caught up with Barbara to ask her about her latest collection – and to put a few questions to her from George customers. This is what she said:

What can people expect from your 2nd collection?
The collection is an assortment of fun clothes for the miserable cold days of February and March.

What is your favourite piece from the new collection and why?
I love the long chiffon smock and the black Siamese twin set the most. The maxi seems to have a happy response also.

What is your favourite outfit from the 70s and where did you wear it?
I loved to wear my BIBA Leopard fur fabric coat. I wore it every day to work and play.

What is/was your favourite decade for fashion and why?
Definitely today, it is so interesting as there is something for every age group. And the shoes today are art pieces.

What are your fashion predictions for 2011?
Affordability! Good price price price! We are all addicted to shopping and George is the perfect place for great prices and quality.

What should Kate Middleton wear for her wedding to Prince William?
She should stick to her simple shapes and not go too fou fou…She wears very graphics shapes and they work really well. She also has an amazing figure.

Barbara answers questions from George Style readers here

We launched Barbara Hulanicki’s first collection for George last year and now the Biba founder is back with a new collection of retro prints, chiffon tops and 70s shapes.

Amanda from our design team says: “I really like the midi length dress with lotus print and stripey sleeves. It really sums up Barbara’s signature ‘old school’ Biba prints, which are so on trend with the whole 70’s revival happening at the moment. Plus the midi dress is the key dress length for the in-between seasons from winter to spring!”

Look magazine also love the new collection. In their online blog they say: “Bang on the money, thanks to the designer’s signature retro style, you can nail the ‘70s trend with floaty blouses in dragonfly prints or make a statement with clashing stripes and florals splashed over maxi dresses and everyday tees. We’ll be living in this dress and biker boots until the weather warms up.”

The midi was modelled on Lorraine Kelly’s ITV show in a feature about 70s styles and was described as “universally flattering”. You can watch the clip again below (the dress appears at minute 4:21). The dress has been hugely popular and has now sold out online – we’re hoping to get more stock in so keep checking George.com from Tuesday February 8th.

Look out for the new Barbara Hulanicki collection which is online now and will be in store from February 14th 2011 – and leave us a comment below to tell us which is your favourite piece.

We’ve been working behind the scenes with British fashion icon Barbara Hulanicki for months and today we’re delighted to launch her new collection exclusively at George.

Barbara introduces her first range for George in this video and explains why Asda is the perfect place to sell her designer clothes:

As the founder of 1960s fashion label Biba, Barbara’s philosophy has always been to make high fashion affordable and so her collection is priced from £8 to £25. Barbara has been involved at every stage from concept and design to choosing the fabrics and the final photoshoot.

“My new collection for George is a reflection of all my favourite silhouettes, prints and signature wardrobe essentials,” says Barbara.

George Brand Director Fiona Lambert thinks the collection should appeal to Biba fans and younger customers alike as it ties in with the 70s trend we’ll be seeing more and more of next year.

She says: “There are lots of mums out there who will remember Barbara from her Biba history but equally I think we’ll get lots of new fans because the clothes are so fashionable and the trend is bang on.”

The Barbara Hulanicki collection includes tunic-style tops you can wear with slim-leg trousers or leggings, blouses in lightweight chiffons with ruffled collars and bell sleeves, and wide-legged palazzo pants. Barbara suggests layering the jersey tops underneath the chiffon blouses. And you can finish off the look with one of two co-ordinating printed scarves – either as a headscarf or around the neck.

We love the collection and hope you do too – tell us what you think and your favourite piece by leaving a comment below.

The collection is available in sizes 8 to 20 on George.com and from Monday 29th November in the stores listed here.

Barbara Hulanicki’s new collection for George is creating a buzz before it’s even landed in store.

This week it’s been featured in She, Now, Look and Star magazines as well as handbag.com.

Her first range for George is out at the end of this month and features tunics, mini dresses, jersey tops and wide leg trousers. She has included all her signature shapes and has been involved in every stage of the design process, from the first illustrations to choosing the fabrics to fitting the clothes for the photoshoot.

We gave Radio 1 DJ Fearne Cotton a sneak preview of the collection and she loved this purple top which she wore for her show today, proving it’s not just the Biba generation that loves Barbara Hulanicki’s new look.

“I wanted to design a range for young thinking people of any age, people who are fun and care-free, and I think that I’ve achieved that with this collection,” says Barbara in her interview with handbag.com. “The range features lots of lovely flattering shapes and original prints of mine. It’s all great quality and good design at a low price, so I’m very pleased.”

Ask Barbara Hulanicki a question and see our behind the scenes video

Barbara Hulanicki’s new collection for George is featured in Grazia and Vogue this week as she talks for the first time about why she has teamed up with George.

Both magazines published this picture of one of her pieces – an angel sleeve jersey top in monochrome black and grey which will launch with the rest of the collection in November.

When Barbara founded Biba in the 1960s her clothes were designed to appeal to young people at affordable prices and she believes George at Asda shares the same philosophy. Barbara sold the Biba brand in 1976 and it is now owned by House of Fraser.

Barbara tells Vogue magazine: “The thing I didn’t like about the new Biba relaunch was the prices – it is too expensive. With Asda it’s the total opposite – it’s like the old days in the Sixties. I love seeing people happily shopping without feeling guilty because they’ve spent too much. I want to do what I always have done – make clothes for young people living in bedsits. What was different about designing for Asda was creating pieces that go up to size 20. I had to do things in a different way – it was exciting.”

Read more and ask Barbara a question

This illustration is the first glimpse of a very special collection that is coming to George in November.

We’re delighted to have teamed up with Barbara Hulanicki, the founder of the iconic British fashion label Biba in the 1960s, to create the new collection which has been entirely designed by her.

Her new collection looks amazing and is totally in keeping with the 1970s trend we’ve seen on the catwalks for Spring/Summer 2011. This printed tunic – illustrated by Barbara herself – is part of the collection.

Barbara’s philosophy has always been to make high fashion affordable and so the designer pieces will be on sale at value prices. When Barbara launched Biba the label was famous for producing low-priced versions of high fashion including a pink gingham dress worn by Brigitte Bardot.

Barbara was at the photoshoot for her new collection last week which was styled by Caroline Baker, a famous stylist form the 1960s and 70s and former editor of Nova.

If you can’t wait for the full collection in November, our Tickled Pink collection this year includes four t-shirts with stunning signature illustrations by Barbara. Raise money for charity and look fabulous!

We’ll be bringing you more details of the collection soon – keep checking the George Style blog for more photos, videos, exclusive interviews and competitions.