To view Andrés Conde's paintings solely through the lens of nostalgia is to miss something essential. While his work frequently draws upon the architecture, glamour, and visual culture of pre-revolutionary Cuba, these images are not simply romantic recollections of a vanished world. They are reminders.

Barbara Hulanicki OBE, founder of the iconic London boutique Biba, helped define the visual culture of the 1960s and 1970s through fashion, illustration, interiors, and retail design. This article explores Hulanicki’s influence on modern lifestyle branding, Swinging London, fashion illustration, and contemporary visual culture, with original fashion illustration available through Conde Contemporary in Natchez, Mississippi.