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Laura Ashley, n.|ˈlɔːrə ˈæʃlɪ|
[The name of Laura Ashley (1925–85), founder of the British textile and clothing company bearing her name.]
A proprietary name for clothing, fabric, interior decoration, etc., produced by the Laura Ashley company or typical of its style, often characterized by a small floral pattern. Freq. used attrib. Also fig. Hence, ˈLaura ˈAshleyish a.
[1972Daily Tel. 5 Apr. 13/5 Susannah York..wore an Ashley blouse and long skirt..to Elizabeth Taylor's lavish..party recently in Budapest.] 1974Trade Marks Jrnl. 7 Aug. 1483/1 Laura Ashley... Dresses, smocks, slacks, blouses, shirts, skirts, aprons (for wear), sleeping garments, capes, jackets, coats and hats, all for women and girls... Ashley Mountney Limited. 1979Jrnl. R. Soc. Arts CXXVII. 211/1 The females in our family are draped from head to toe in Laura Ashley. 1984A. Lurie Foreign Affairs vii. 177 She is wearing..an olive-green densely flowered Laura Ashley cotton. Ibid. 178 In the bathroom she shakes out her sticky Laura Ashley and lays it in the tub. 1985J. Raban Foreign Land (1986) i. 16 A lady with large bones clad in something Laura Ashleyish. 1987J. Green Dict. Jargon 323/2 Laura Ashley (Music), replacing ‘schmaltz’ as a word indicating excessively flowery, sugary or weedy music. 1989Independent 21 Oct. 49/5 Visiting the prettified villages..full of gift shoppes selling Crabtree and Evelyn, English bone china and Beatrix Potter figurines I felt trapped in a Laura Ashley theme park. 1991M. Atwood Hairball in Wilderness Tips 40 Her mind was room-by-room Laura Ashley wallpaper: tiny, unopened pastel buds arranged in straight rows. |