Laura Ashley died in 1985, after falling at her daughter's home when she was just 60 years old. The company went on, but over the following decades there was a gradual decline and hundreds of jobs ...

Laura Ashley - two words for ever identified with pretty prints and floral fabrics, it's one of those British brands that conjures up feelings of warm nostalgia.

Seventy years ago, a Welsh woman started a fabric printing business from the kitchen of her London flat. From those humble beginnings, Laura Ashley and her husband Bernard went on to grow a global ...