In which country of the UK was designer Laura Ashley born?
Laura Ashley actively involved in its day-to-day running. 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 She originally made furnishing materials in the 1950s, expanding the business into clothing design and manufacture in the 1960s.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. 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
Laura Ashley plc agreements. All of its stores there have now closed and the business as a whole is separately owned from that of its parent company in the UK. The Company was criticised in 2009 for price discrepancies, which meant Irish customers were charged more than their UK counterparts for the same items. Laura Ashley plc Laura Ashley plc () is a British textile design company now controlled by the MUI Group of Malaysia. It was founded by Bernard Ashley, an engineer, and his wife Laura Ashley in 1953 then grew over the next 20 years to become an international retail chain.