The daughter of British painter David Ashwell and Shabby Chic designer Rachel Ashwell, Lily spent much of her California-based childhood visiting family across the pond. "I like the idea of clothes being really special and knowing that not hundreds of people are going to have them, so there's a very limited number of everything." It was time her spent in England that got Lily interested in all things vintage the self-proclaimed "strange hoarder of beautiful things" turns to the extensive vintage collection she's now amassed for inspiration. So she turned to deadstock fabric - which she printed over - and lace - used as trim - to make old things new again. "I don't like seeing the waste of materials and the waste of hard work that goes into a lot of fashion collections these days," she explains. The 25-year-old just debuted a feminine holiday collection, the first under her eponymous label, that proves her goods are more than meets the eye. It's the way she holds herself (delicately), the way she speaks (softly), and the way she designs (dreamily). Lily Ashwell has an ethereal quality about her.
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