Laura Ashley

Laura Ashley (7 September 1925 – 17 September 1985) was a Welsh fashion designer and businesswoman. She originally made furnishing materials in the 1950s, expanding the business into clothing design and manufacture in the 1960s. The Laura Ashley style is characterised by Romantic English designs — often with a 19th-century rural feel — and the use of natural fabrics.

Early life

Although her Welsh parents lived in London, her mother returned home to allow Laura Mountney to be born in Wales at her grandmother's home, 31 Station Terrace, in Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil. She was raised in a civil service family as a Strict Baptist. The chapel she attended in Dowlais (Hebron) was Welsh language and although she could not understand the language, she loved it, especially the singing. Educated at Marshall's School in Merthyr Tydfil until 1932, she was then sent to the Elmwood School, Croydon. She was evacuated back to Wales aged 13, but with so many World War II evacuees there were no school places left and she attended Aberdare Secretarial School.

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"We don't want to push our ideas on to customers, we simply want to make what they want."
"That's just how I roll."
"Really, I'm trying to keep things simple."
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Next continues success story by reporting first £1bn in annual profits

The Observer 27 Mar 2025
After a string of savvy deals in recent years, Next now controls the UK distribution of US brands Gap and Victoria’s Secret, creates Laura Ashley homewares, Ted Baker childrenswear and lingerie, and ...
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‘I was sexualised, patronised and ridiculed’: how Charlotte Church survived the tabloids to become an earth mother

The Observer 23 Mar 2025
When Charlotte Church arrives, she starts to cry. “I break down,” she says, “every time I reach here ... Tears stream. “This land holds me like nothing else ... Photograph ... this used to be Laura Ashley’s gaff.” Church was hunting for something else entirely ... .
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Darren Cooper's first 'Scoops on Softball' blog of 2025: Everything to know for the season

northjersey.com 22 Mar 2025
Laura King-Junta, Eastern Christian/Lakeland (active) 242 ... Ashley Sosa, Teaneck 154 (2017) ... Ashley DeYoung, Indian Hills 147 (2012) ... Ashley Buschgans, Waldwick 144 (2019) ... Laura Tynio, Clifton 67 ... Ashley Johnston, Emerson 65 (2012).
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Weld coroner IDs woman, man killed in murder-suicide at Greeley apartments

The Tribune Greeley 20 Mar 2025
The woman victim was Laura Ashley Ruben, 40, of Greeley, and the man was Charles Ruben, 36, also of Greeley ... Police were giving Laura an update on the status of the case about 4.30 p.m., when she told officers Charles had returned to the scene.
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Conwell-Egan softball reveals the ace up its sleeve in freshman flamethrower McKenna Seiler

The Trentonian 20 Mar 2025
FAIRLESS HILLS, Pa ... Another is control is not an issue at all ... At the very big risk of forgetting somebody, after her came greats such as Donna Hensor, the Lyall sisters, Laura DeZolt, and Pennsylvania Gatorade Player of the year Ashley Tobar.
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Gala event will raise funds to restore Denton FarmPark's steam locomotive

The Lexington Dispatch 18 Mar 2025
The 1942 steam train fell out of working condition ... Tickets are $99 each ... As part of the silent auction, items available for bidding will include two paintings of #9 that speed painter Laura Ashley Moffitt will create during the gala ... .
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Critical Role's founders are over a decade into the nerdworld business — and they're finally ...

Business Insider 17 Mar 2025
From left to right. Taliesin Jaffe, Liam O'Brien, Marisha Ray, Travis Willingham, Ashley Johnson, Sam Riegel, Laura Bailey, and Matthew Mercer. Robyn von SwankCritical Role's cofounders sat down with BI and answered one big question ... Critical Role ... ....
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