When it really was alternative: Laura Ashley

Those of you who are old enough to remember the whimsical style of Laura Ashley will think how can her designs and style be included in “alternative”; in a section where we’ve profiled Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood.   Because when we start a new trend, a new fashion, a new style – it is the alternative. 

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Rosemary Balu. Rosemary Balu is the founding and current Managing Editor of ARTbop.   Rosemary has arts and law degrees from the University of Auckland. She has been a working lawyer and has participated in a wide variety of community activities where information gathering, submission writing, community advocacy and education have been involved. Interested in all forms of the arts since childhood Rosemary is focused on further developing and expanding multi-media ARTbop as the magazine for all the creative arts in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand.