She said though Bangladesh has some fashion shows, it is yet to have a full-fledged fashion week.

A graduate from the London College of Fashion in 1975, Bibi was a ramp star who modelled for magazines like Vogue and Cosmopolitan and created a niche for herself in the West before returning to her homeland.

She says she didn't comeback to hog the limelight.

'I know why I came back and who I came back to. It is not for publicity that I have come back. If that was the purpose, I could have stayed abroad because there everybody knows me by my first name,' said Bibi.

After returning, she opened Bibi Productions in Bangladesh and is trying to help the hand woven textile industry. In fact, at London Fashion Week Bibi showcased a collection, most of which was manufactured by victims of the country's devastating floods.

Dressed in a traditional red and cream checked sari and lots of metallic and wooden jewellery and a colourful floral cap, Bibi proved her point.

The designer has her main office in Dhaka, but 'I work in the villages of Bangladesh for 99.9 percent of the time.'

'Most of the time I work in places like Kumilla, Barishal, Rajshahi, Chittagong, Sylhet, Kushtia, Rongpur, Dinajpur, Sherpur area in Maimansingh,' she said.