For Rachel Ashwell, founder of the Shabby Chic empire, a new home on the Malibu coast serves as a reminder that perhaps the tide is turning. In the last two years, she closed 15 stores, filed for ...

Drastic cuts in the past few years have meant that, all over the country, parents, teachers and friends are desperately scrabbling about for a few quid to splash out on such luxuries as roof tiles ...

Rachel Ashwell was a single mother when she opened her first Shabby Chic boutique in Santa Monica, California, in 1989. By 2008, she had six stores selling comfortable but stylish furniture and a ...

Beautifully decorated tables lined the hall at the NG Weltevreden church where women in shabby chic vintage outfits gathered and savoured sweet treats and warm moments of camaraderie on September 28.