Kuyaziwa ukuthi imfashini iyashintsha. Isibonelo sezimpawu zokuqamba zemfashini uLaura Ashley ukhombisa ukuthi wonke ama-couturier aduma akhuphuke futhi athathe imibono evela esikhathini esedlule. Ngemuva kwakho konke, umhlaba wemfashini wawungahlali umxhwele yizimo ze-rustic motifs, amaphethini wezimbali, impilo elula yasemakhaya futhi, kanye nale ndlela yomndeni ethokomele. KwakunguLaura Ashley waphoqa abantu abaningi ukuba bathandane nabantu abaningi emhlabeni ngeplanethi evintage. Ngokufika kwayo embonini yezemfashini, le nhlanganisela isiphenduke ikhalosolo lonke lendlela yokuphila "Ikhaya elimnandi".
ULaura Ashley wazalelwa eWales ngo-1925 emndenini wamaProthestani. U-Upkwadé wakhe wahlanganyela kugogo wakhe, izinkumbulo zazo ezizoqhubeka zithinta ubuhlakani bakhe. Ngo-1942, wahlangana noBernard Ashley, ngemuva kokuphela kwempi bashada futhi baqala ukuhlala eLondon. Lo mshado wawungukuqala kokuzalwa kombuso wombuso. Kuyamangaza ukuthi elinye icala lingenza kanjani impilo yabantu. Lo mbhangqwana waphila njengakho konke - wayengunjiniyela, wasebenza njengonobhala. Kepha ngolunye usuku, uLaura uvakashela ubuciko bezobuciko bendabuko, lapho befaka khona amaphethini amahle endwangu, imihlobiso eyingqayizivele. Inqobe kakhulu ingubo ye-patchwork, empeleni ayefuna ukuyiphinda. Ukuhamba ezitolo lapho ufuna izindwangu, wamangala ukuthi akakwazanga ukuthola okudingekayo. "Ngizokwenza ngokwami!" - Ukuxazulula uLaura.
Okulandelayo kwenzeka okungacabangeki. ULaura waqala ukunyamalala emitapori, iminyuziyamu, amaphethini aqamba amaphethini wemihlobiso yeVictorian, emgqonyeni we-Embroidery, futhi ngakho-ke wathethelela umdlandla womyeni wakhe ukuthi waqala ukutadisha imidwebo yendwangu. Ukuphuza ngokuzilibazisa kwakhe okusha, wangena ezweni lobuciko, waqala ukusungula amaphethini amasha, esebenzisa amaphethini amaphethini weVictorian Era, amasiko amadala acaba, kanye nomfanekiso wezindlela zokupheka zencwadi ye-Culinary. Zonke izeluleko ezicebisayo ezinamakhono zazilusizo. Futhi kungekudala izindwangu zokuqala ezinamaphethini aphrintiwe kwavela ekukhanyeni, bese kuthi ama-napkins, amathawula nezikhafu zesibeletho.
Kodwa-ke, ukukhiqizwa kwemikhiqizo eLondon kwakubiza kakhulu. Umyeni wayeka ukubona amathemba ento yomndeni, futhi isikhashana bahlasela bona. ULaura nezingane babuyela eWales yakhe yangakubo, lapho avula khona isitolo sakhe sokuqala. Waqhubeka nokukholelwa ephusheni lakhe futhi wenza konke okwenzeka emzimbeni wakhe - wema ngemuva kwekhawunta, wathunga, wahlobisa isitolo esinezinto ezinhle, wawubandakanyeka ekhasini lakhe, wahlakulela engadini yakhe, wahlakulela engadini encane ukwenza njalo Umthengi ukufaka esitolo, kwavela "esikhathini esihle esihle esidlule." Ngokushesha umyeni kaLaura wabuya, wavuma ukumelana nomkakhe nokholo lwakhe uqobo. Futhi ngokubambisana bakha iqoqo lokuqala lezingubo ezivela ezindwangu zemvelo esitayelweni sothando, esikhiqize i-furre.
Ama-ruffles abo, iziketi ezihlotshiswe ngamatshe amaningi, i-lace, amalambu kanye, ikakhulukazi, amaphrinta anezimbali anqotshwa ngokushesha isizukulwane se- "hippies" - le nhlangano yabe isithola umfutho, futhi isikhalazo sangesikhathi esedlule saba sesimanje, futhi isikhalazo sangesikhathi esedlule saba sesimanje, futhi isikhalazo sangesikhathi esedlule saba sesimanje.
Izingubo zikaLaura ezilula azikwaziwa eLondon kuphela, kodwa futhi emhlabeni wonke.
Ukubukeka Komndeni kungenye into yokusungulwa kukaLaura.
Ukuhlobisa isitolo sakhe, uLaura waqala nokubandakanya ukwakheka kwangaphakathi. Yonke imibono yabo enhle yothando aqala ukuyenza ezindongeni, ifenisha kanye nezinto zokuhlobisa. Ngakho-ke isitayela se- "Shebbi-Chic" savela, okusho ukuthi "amadolobhana ama-shabby chic."
Imisebenzi kaLaura yayithandwa futhi ingumndeni wasebukhosini eNgilandi - i-Princess Diana ngokwayo igqoke izingubo ezivela eLaura Ashley, futhi iRoyal Castle isahlotshiswe ngemikhiqizo yoMklami Odumile.
Kamuva, umndeni kaLaura wathuthela eningizimu yeFrance, lapho, ngenxa yobuqambi bakhe abasebenzayo, indlela "yokuphamba" yazalwa. Manje inkampani uLaura Ashley yaziwa emhlabeni wonke futhi iyizwe lezigidi ezihlukene. Lapho ukunyakaza kwabesifazane kubalwa kuye (nasesikhathini sokuvukela kanye nemibono emisha yama-60s kuyo yonke imikhakha yempilo, uLaura uthe: "Kuyamangaza ukuthi kubhekwa njenge I-Feminist, ilingana nendoda. Nginamandla kunanoma yimuphi umuntu! " Ngakho-ke ukukholwa ngaphakathi kuwe nasephusheni lakhe, okucindezelayo nokushushiswa kwezinkolelo kwaphenduka uLaura Ashley waba izishayamthetho zemfashini emhlabeni jikelele.