Captain Tortue, Miss Captain and Lady Captain

Captain Tortue was established in 1995 by Phillipe and Lillian Jaquelinet in Aix en Provence, France.

Lillian originally started designing and making baby clothing, and then added a children's range, for girls and boys.

The Captain Tortue range was introduced successfully to the UK in 2005.

Over time, Phillipe and Lillian discovered that the more petite mums were choosing to wear the larger sizes in the girls' collections, and Lillian was regularly encouraged to develop a ladies' range.

Eventually the Miss Captain range was launched in France in 2006, and then in the UK in autumn 2008.

More recently, in 2009 in France and 2010 here in the UK, we launched our Lady Captain range, which is a more classically tailored ladies range using more luxurious fabrics.

Our collections are developed from our own unique designs, and manufactured from fabulous fabrics which sustain the heaviest wear.

All our ranges provide boutique styles, without the boutique price tag.

They have been outstandingly successful in both countries.