The Latest Breaking News from Laura Ashley

The British retailer, which was founded in 1953, will retain its UK-based team as part of the deal.

At one point in the new movie Portraits of Dangerous Women, young woman Ashley (Yasmin Monet Prince) is talking to gallery owner Jon (Mark Lewis Jones) about her collection of found photographs. “I just want to put them in …”, “context?” Jon ventures. “No, frames” Ashley corrects. This seemingly simple…

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