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Laura Ashley

1925 - 1985

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Laura Ashley (née Mountney; 7 September 1925 – 17 September 1985) was a Welsh fashion designer and businesswoman. She originally made furnishing materials in the 1950s, expanding the business into clothing design and manufacture in the 1960s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Laura Ashley has received more than 721,442 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Laura Ashley is the 67th most popular designer (down from 65th in 2019), the 2,785th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,766th in 2019) and the 10th most popular British Designer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 720k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.58

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among DESIGNERS

Among designers, Laura Ashley ranks 67 out of 104. Before her are Paul Smith, Domenico Dolce, Milena Canonero, Yuko Shimizu, Kaj Franck, and Nicolas Jenson. After her are Piero Tosi, Ruth St. Denis, Ollie Johnston, Storm Thorgerson, Stefano Gabbana, and Erik Spiekermann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Laura Ashley ranks 257. Before her are Eugene Garfield, Carmen Martín Gaite, Abdelsalam Majali, Mohammed Mzali, Hasse Jeppson, and Attilâ İlhan. After her are Jeanne Crain, Marlen Khutsiev, Arne Åhman, Marco Cé, Brent Scowcroft, and Ernst Neizvestny. Among people deceased in 1985, Laura Ashley ranks 138. Before her are Alexander Mikulin, Ana Mendieta, Bodil Joensen, Ladislav Ženíšek, Clarence Nash, and Michel Audiard. After her are Gale Sondergaard, Mary Kenneth Keller, Josef Čtyřoký, Dawn Addams, Samantha Smith, and Israel Regardie.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Laura Ashley ranks 2,785 out of 8,785. Before her are William Turner (1510), Spencer Gore (1850), Edward Braddock (1695), John Taylor (1933), Mother Shipton (1488), and Mary Ure (1933). After her are Arthur Waley (1889), William Congreve (1670), James Paget (1814), Chris Waddle (1960), Caroline Goodall (1959), and John Hick (1922).

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Among DESIGNERS In United Kingdom

Among designers born in United Kingdom, Laura Ashley ranks 10. Before her are Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868), Josiah Wedgwood (1730), Alexander McQueen (1969), Beau Brummell (1778), John Baskerville (1706), and Paul Smith (1946). After her are Storm Thorgerson (1944), Jony Ive (1967), Yvonne Blake (1940), Matthew Carter (1937), Bill Moggridge (1943), and Jenny Beavan (1950).

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