About

the designers

She was born Laura Mountney in 1925. She attended Marshall’s School in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales until 1932. She served in the Women's Royal Naval Service during the war.

In 1949, she married Sir Bernard Albert Ashley, and had 4 children Jane, David, Nick and Emma.

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The Look

During the 60's, she created voluminous dresses with Patch pockets and toward the end of that decade, ankle length printed cotton dresses. In the early 70's, some of her best-known designs appeared, including Edwardian style dresses, many with high frilly collars and leg of mutton sleeves or scoop necks and short puff sleeves. Most of her fabrics were printed with simple floral motifs based on 18th and 19th century patterns, tiny geometric prints, flowers, trailing sprigs and fine spots and strips. Until the early 1980's the company designed and manufactured garments in cotton only, but later collections included clothes in cotton mixtures and jersey fabrics.

Perfumes

1989 Laura Ashley No. 1(W)
1990 Laura Ashley No. 2(W)
1991 Dilys (W)
1994 L’Eau de Laura Ashley (W)
2001 Magic Garden (W)
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