Stacey Wood is the creative force behind King & Tuckfield, a brand named after two central figures in her life: her grandmother Joan King, a ballerina from East London, and her father Graham Tuckfield, a tailor, paratrooper, and miner from Yorkshire. Their lives represented two distinct approaches to dress. One rooted in precision, movement, and form; the other in function, durability, and uniform.

Growing up between these influences, Stacey became interested in how clothing could balance elegance and utility without relying on decoration or excess. King & Tuckfield draws its provenance and purpose from this tension, referencing the working uniforms and disciplined dress of 1940s and 1950s Britain to inform garments designed for everyday life today.

Drawing on childhood memories and family archives, Stacey’s approach to design is rooted in the balance between discipline and utility. References to dance inform an attention to proportion, movement, and restraint, while the working uniforms worn in the mines influence material choice, construction, and durability.

Merino wool, hardwearing cottons, and considered fabrics form the foundation of each collection, selected for how they perform and improve through wear. Rather than being tied to seasonal relevance, garments are developed to remain consistent over time, with core styles sitting alongside new pieces that integrate naturally into the existing wardrobe.

From the outset, material choice has been treated as a design decision rather than a secondary consideration. Before the launch of King & Tuckfield in 2016, we travelled to New Zealand to understand merino wool at source, not as a symbolic gesture, but to establish a clear relationship between fibre, production, and garment performance.

That same discipline continues across the collection. Materials are selected for how they behave in wear and over time, favouring natural and regenerative fibres produced using non-toxic processes and responsible manufacturing methods.