Laura Ashley CBE, (7 September 1925–17 September 1985) was a Welsh designer. She became a household name on the strength of her work as a designer and manufacturer of a range of colourful fabrics for clothes and home furnishings. Wikipedia
Laura Ashley Holdings plc is an international designer and retailer of clothing and home furnishings. Invariably described as 'quintessentially English,' the Laura Ashley name conjures up images of pretty, romantic women and rooms draped in tasteful, gra www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Laura-Ashley-Ho...
National Portrait Gallery, list of portraits for Laura Ashley including Laura Ashley by Mayotte Magnus, Laura Ashley by Robin Laurance, Laura Ashley by Philip Sayer, www.npg.org.uk/live/search/person.asp?LinkID=mp14615
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