{{short description| Bangladeshi fashion designer}} {{Infobox person | name = Bibi Russell | image = The BiBi (3391760678).jpg | caption = Bibi Russell in 2009 | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1950}} | birth_place = Noakhali, Bangladesh | alma_mater = London College of Fashion | occupation = Entrepreneur, fashion designer, model | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = | height = {{convert|5|ft|10|in|cm|abbr=on}}<ref name=star>{{cite web |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/magazine/2004/02/03/coverstory.htm |title=Bibi Russel - Weaver of Coloured Dreams |publisher=The Daily Star |accessdate=2012-11-13 |author=Kajalie Shehreen Islam |authorlink=Kajalie Shehreen Islam |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013061609/http://www.thedailystar.net/magazine/2004/02/03/coverstory.htm |archivedate=2012-10-13 }}</ref> | mother = Shamsunnahar Rahman | father = Mokhlessur Rahman }}
'''Bibi Russell''' ({{langx|bn|বিবি রাসেল}}) is a Bangladeshi fashion designer and former international model.
==Career== Russell was born in 1950 in Chittagong, Bangladesh to Mokhlessur Rahman and Shamsun Nahar.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.newsbangladesh.com/english/details/9517 |title=Bibi Russell, Taibun Nahar get Rokeya Padak |work=NewsBangladesh.com |date=8 December 2015 |access-date=10 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818022430/http://www.newsbangladesh.com/english/details/9517 |archive-date=18 August 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> She grew up in Dhaka studying in Kamrunnessa Govt Girls High School and Later College of Home Economics, Azimpur, Dhaka.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/magazine/2004/02/03/coverstory.htm|title=Star Magazine|access-date=2015-03-12|archive-date=2016-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060829/http://archive.thedailystar.net/magazine/2004/02/03/coverstory.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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.<ref name=star/> She also worked as a fashion model in fashion shows until 1994, working with Yves Saint Laurent, Kenzo, Karl Lagerfeld and Giorgio Armani.<ref name=star/> Returning to Bangladesh in 1994, Russell opened a fashion house named Bibi Productions, which fused indigenous Bengali cultural elements into her design. As of 2004, her company employed 35,000 weavers in rural Bangladesh.<ref name=star/>
==Fashion shows== With UNESCO support, Bibi Russell organized her first European fashion show (pioneering event by a South Asian female) in Paris in 1996. She also organized fashion show, ''The Colours of Bangladesh'', in Spain in 1997.<ref name=lifestyle/> In 2016, she participated in India at India Runway Week seventh edition where she presented her latest collection on Rajasthan khadi. Bibi's collection was celebrated by the Indian fashion industry. Recently (in year 2016 & 18), she showcased her collection for the opening show at the third biggest fashion week of India, Indian Federation for Fashion Development's India Runway Week Season 7.<ref name="India Runway Week">{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/fashion/bibi-russell-to-bring-khadi-line-to-india-runway-week-ramp-3015053/|title=India Runway Week Season 7 - Opening show|date=5 September 2016|access-date=20 February 2017|archive-date=20 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220180048/http://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/fashion/bibi-russell-to-bring-khadi-line-to-india-runway-week-ramp-3015053/|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Filmography== *Moner Manush (2009)
==Awards== *'''Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Costume Design''' - 2009 for Moner Manush *Russell was rewarded ''Cross of Officer of the Order of Queen Isabella'' by the King of Spain.<ref name=lifestyle>{{cite web |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/lifestyle/2010/03/01/index.htm |title=bibi does it again |author=STS |publisher=The Daily Star |accessdate=2012-11-13 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101129135333/http://www.thedailystar.net/lifestyle/2010/03/01/index.htm |archivedate=2010-11-29 }}</ref> It was presented by Spanish Ambassador to Bangladesh, Arturo Perez Martinez. Russell is also a Fellow of Bangla Academy.<ref name=lifestyle/> 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.<ref name=tribute>{{cite web|url=http://www.bibirussell.org/|title=Tribute to Bibi Russell and Fashion for Development Project|accessdate=2012-11-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121028060928/http://www.bibirussell.org/|archive-date=2012-10-28|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20121028060928/http://www.bibirussell.org/ Tribute to Bibi Russell and Fashion for Development Project] *[https://en.unesco.org/news/bibi-russell-handicrafts-people-have-magic-their-fingers/ UNESCO Wide Angle interview: "Bibi Russell: handicrafts people have magic in their fingers"]
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