The Laura Ashley stores are gone. The name is still licensed for little girls’ dresses and home goods (and maybe even women’s clothes?) but they’re carried in department stores and discount chains – certainly not the same caché as its heyday. When I stalked the eponymous store for sales, so that I too could have a Laura Ashley dress. (Wore one to my high school graduation. Yes, I’m that old. Shut up.)

To make a long story longer, I thought immediately of the old Laura Ashley lines when I spied these charmers on the Papo d’Anjo website:

Now, they ain’t cheap by any stretch of the imagination. But if you’ve got a special event or a fabulous family portrait planned, these may be just the ticket.  Available at Papo d’Anjo.