• Autumn/Winter 2014/5,  fashion,  High street,  shopping,  style

    Laura Ashley New Season picks

    For my latest look towards the upcoming Autumn/Winter season, I decided to turn to an iconic British brand, Laura Ashley. Laura Ashley first came to prominence in the 1960s, but it was the famous throwback styles of the 1970s, the dairy maid, Edwardian style cotton maxi dresses in cream and white, that really shot the brand to fashion immortality. The early 1970s was a time of fashion reflection, with the film ‘Picnic at Hanging Rock’ being very influential on the style of the era. Laura Ashley’s innocent look was perfectly evocative of the period the film was set in. Laura Ashley died in 1985, but her name lives on, with…