Kuyaziwa ukuba ifashoni iyatshintsha. Umzekelo wemifanekiso yokuyila yefashoni uLashion Laura Ashley ibonisa ukuba yonke i-coutrier ye-coutrier edumileyo kwaye yathatha izimvo zakudala. Emva kwayo yonke loo nto, umhlaba wefashoni wayengasoloko unomdla kwi-rustic tifs, iipateni zentyatyambo, ubomi basemaphandleni kunye, kunye nobomi bentsapho obuphosakeleyo. YayinguLaura Ashley wanyanzela abantu abaninzi ukuba bathandane nabantu abaninzi kule planethi. Ngokufika kwayo kwishishini lefashoni, le ntxuwa iye yaba yintanda-bulumko yonke yekhaya elimnandi ".
ULaura Ashley wazalelwa eWales ngo-1925 kwintsapho yamaProtestanti. UPhembana wakhe wawubandakanyeka ngumakhulu wakhe, iinkumbulo ezaziya kuqhubeka zichaphazela ubuchule bakhe. Ngo-1942, wadibana noBerord Ashley, emva kokuphela kwemfazwe batshata baza bahlala eLondon. Lo mtshato yayisisiqalo sokuzalwa koBukhosi boYilo. Kuyamangalisa indlela enye enokubutshintsha ngayo ubomi. Esi sibini siye saphila njengayo yonke into-wayeyinjineli, wasebenza njengonobhala. Kodwa ngenye imini, uLaura utyelela ubugcisa bemveli, apho bathe bathetha khona iipateni ezintle kwilaphu, imihonga emihle. Ukoyisa ngakumbi ingubo ye-patch, ngokuqinisekileyo ebefuna ukuphinda. Ukuhamba kwiivenkile ezikhangela kwilaphu, wamangaliswa kukuba akanakufumana into efunekayo. "Ndiza kuyenza ngokwam!" -Sombulula uLaura.
Okulandelayo kwenzeka ukuba kungakhathalelwanga. ULaura qalisa ukunyamalala kumathala eencwadi, amaziko olondolozo lwembali, iipateni ezifudukayo kwizihombiso zeVictorian, umzila, kwaye wosulele inzondelelo yomyeni wakhe kangangokuba waqala ukuprintwa kwemizobo kwilaphu. Ukusela yi-hobby yakhe entsha, wangena kwihlabathi lobuchule, waqala ukwenza iipateni ezintsha, esebenzisa iipateni zeepateni zexesha leVictorian, kunye nomzekeliso weendlela zokupheka zencwadi ye-prounary. Zonke iingcebiso zoomakhulu kwi-disnaces ziluncedo. Kwaye kungekudala iindwangu zokuqala ezineepatheni eziprintiweyo zivele ekukhanyeni, kwaye emva koko zaza emva koko ze-napkins, iitawuli nezikhafu zesibeleko.
Nangona kunjalo, ukuveliswa kweemveliso eLondon kwakubiza kakhulu. Umyeni uyekile ukubona amathemba omzali wosapho, kwaye okwethutyana bahlasela. U-Laura kunye nabantwana babuyela kwi-wales yakhe yomthonyama, apho wavula ivenkile yakhe yokuqala. Waqhubeka ekholelwa kwiphupha lakhe kwaye wenza yonke into ngenzondelelo yakhe - yema ngasemva kwendawo entle, etyhidiwe kwisitayile esimnandi, esihlanjelwe kwi-faces yakhe, egalelwe igadi encinci yokwenza yonke into Umthengi ukuba angene kwivenkile, iguqukele "entle edlulileyo." Kungekudala, umyeni kaLaura wabuya, encoma umfazi wakhe nokholo lwakhe ngaphakathi. Kwaye sonke badale ingqokelela yokuqala yezinxibo kwiilaphu zendalo kwisitayile sothando, esavelisa i-furore.
I-RURFLES yabo, isiketi sabo, i-lace, izibane, kwaye, ngakumbi, iiprints zentyatyambo zaye zafumana amandla, kwaye isibheno sakudala safumana mihla le.
Izinxibo zikaLaura ezilula zaziwa kuphela eLondon, kodwa nakwihlabathi liphela.
Inkangeleko yosapho yenye into yokuyilwa kukaLaura.
Ukuhombisa ivenkile yakhe, uLaura waqala ukubandakanyeka kuYilo lwangaphakathi. Zonke izimvo zabo ezintle zothando waqalisa ukuthwala iindonga, ifenitshala kunye nezinto zokuhombisa. Ke indlela ye "Shebbi-chic" yavela, oko kuthetha "iilali ze-shabby."
Imisebenzi kaLaura yayithandwa kunye nosapho lwasebukhosini eNgilane - iPrincess Diana ngokwayo yanxiba i-Dura Ashley, kwaye inqaba yasebukhosini isahonjisiwe ngemveliso yomyili odumileyo.
Emva koko, usapho lukaLaura lwafudukela emazantsi eFrance, apho, khona, lumbulela ubuchule bakhe bokusebenza, indlela "yokungqina" yazalwa. Ngoku inkampani uLaura Ashley yaziwa kwihlabathi liphela kwaye sisimo semithombo yezigidi ezininzi. Xa intshukumo yamaSemishini ibala yena (kwaye kwixesha lemibono yemvukelo kunye noguquko lwemibono yobomi, uLaura wathi: "Kuyamangalisa ukuba ithathelwe ingqalelo Ubufazi, ulingana nendoda. Ndinamandla kunaye nawuphi na umntu! Ke ukholo kuwe nakwiphupha lakhe, inzondelelo kunye nentshutshiso yokugwetywa i-laura ashley ibe ngabawisali ye-Fashoni ehlabathini.