Bui by Barbara Bui

1987. First fashion show and presentation of the full collection to international press and buyers. The brand Barbara Bui was born. 

1988. Opening of the first boutique on Rue Etienne Marcel in Paris. The impact of the boutique was accompanied by an international commercial success. Quickly Barbara Bui charmed with her style. The combination of both a sensitive and a rock`n`roll attitude revealing the character, freedom and self-confidence of a contemporary woman. 

1988. Barbara Bui entered the stock market. That year, Bui created “Barbara Bui Initials”, a secondary line of separates designed to complement the spirit of the principal line. The special emphasis on the trousers, androgynous as well as feminine, encountered a lot of adepts.

Opening of the Barbara Bui Café on Rue Etienne Marcel. 

1999. Barbara Bui held her first fashion show in New York and opened her first boutique in the heart of  Soho. Other important openings took place that year, a boutique on Avenue Montaigne in Paris and another on Via Manzoni in Milan. 

2000. Barbara Bui launched her first accessories collection, shoes and bags, which enhanced the success of the brand. The house developed the brand`s image through collaborations with high profile fashion photographers including David Bailey. 

2003. The designer launched a new line “Bui”, oriented towards a “refined casual attitude”. Barbara Bui was unanimously elected a member of the “Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Francaise et des Createurs de Mode” and returned to the runways during the Paris Fashion Week. 

2004. Launch of the first perfume “Barbara Bui Le Parfum”. A discrete, intimate and caressing sensuality, offered in a pure transparent bottle. 

2005. Opening a corner at Printemps Haussmann department store, Paris. 

2007.  Barbara Bui inaugurated boutique devoted to the accessory with a new concept on the rue de Grenelle in Paris and Via Sant` Andrea in Milan. Barbara Bui opened her first boutique in partnership with Bosco di Ciliegi Group, in Moscow, on the Red Square.

Partnership signed with Chalhoub Group in the Middle East. Opening of a boutique in Ekaterinburg, Russia.

2008. Opening of the 550 m2 new flagship store in Paris, rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honore, an international luxury showcase. Opening of a shoe shop-in-shop at Printemps Haussmann departmentstore, Paris. 

2009. Opening of a boutique in Monaco. Opening of a boutique in Krasnodar, Russia. Atame by Barbara Bui, the first jewelry collection. 

Bui is known for the pure lines and unusual and even at times strange feminity which connects cultural and ethnic trends. Reflecting the authenticity, her style represents a mix of force and fragility, courage and feminity, weakness and energy that opens and pulls together with the world.