Marion Foale and Sally Tuffin were two bolshy girls who just did it. After meeti
ng at Walthamstow Art School in 1955 and then studying together at the Royal Col
lege of Art, they embarked on a trailblazing career in fashion lasting throughou
t the 1960s, until their partnership came to an end in 1972. Quirky, youthful cr
eativity, acute sensitivity to the latest moods and trends, expert craftsmanship
, and a little Swinging Sixties good fortune placed them at the hub of the cultu
ral explosion in London that defined the era.