'As a parent with young children around, my criterion for soft furnishings was that they should be washable,' she explains. The first product was a loose cover made in pre-shrunk fabric, giving a perfect fit. So, she launched a business offering the kind of things she had been using out of necessity. The world was in a recession in 1989 and after the flashy interior styles popular in the early years of the decade, people were looking for a more inexpensive and relaxed style for decorating their houses – exactly what Rachel had been doing in her own home. She had to work from home and this was where she put all her energies. Rachel couldn't go back to her job in the film world as it meant leaving her children for long periods, and sometimes travelling abroad. Born in England, she had moved there to style film sets, and had met and married a film director. And in Rachel Ashwell's case that certainly rings true – 23 years ago Rachel was a single mother living in Los Angeles with two small children, one aged three, and a sixweek- old baby.
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