Founded by Marion Foale and Sally Tuffin in 1961
Pioneers of the 1960s, Marion Foale and Sally Tuffin - both graduates of the Royal College of Art in London - started their business from a bedsit in London's Gloucester Road. In 1963 their cottage industry moved to Carnaby Street, which at the time was dotted with haberdasheries and dry-cleaners. Their customers included Jane Asher, Julie Christie and Cilla Black. Foale & Tuffin toured America together with Mary Quant and a contingent of go-go girls. Their first Vogue coverage came via an article by Lady Rendlesham.
In 1971 the Piscean partnership reached its natural conclusion and the two designers went their own way professionally. Since 1981 Marion Foale hand-knits in her thatched cottage in the Warwickshire countryside and sells to Barneys New York, Bergdorf Goodman and Harrods. Her ex-partner and long-standing friend, Sally Tuffin, designs ceramics for Dennis China Works in Somerset.
