page_title: Marion Foale
section_title: Early years
hierarchical_section_title: Marion Foale / Early years
caption_attribution_description: English: Dress, Marion Foale and Sally Tuffin, 1966. For more info, see V&amp;A description page. From flickr photo by Nadia Priestly
context_page_description: Marion A Foale is an English artist and fashion designer. With Sally Tuffin, she formed one half of the design team behind the 1960s fashion label Foale and Tuffin.
  Born in London, Foale attended Ilford County High School for Girls, where she entered several painting contests. After school, she attended Walthamstow College of Art. Two years later, she realized that her love of art would never translate into a career that would sustain her, and decided to attend fashion school.
context_section_description: In 1959, she began studying fashion at Royal College of Art under Professor Janey Ironside. Foale studied the three-dimensional construction of garments and how differing fabrics behave by working freely on the tailor’s dummy, making a toile (mock up in calico).
  In 1960, during her second year at the RCA, Foale was asked to submit designs for the Queen’s mantle, worn for the Order of the British Empire dedication ceremony; previously a man had always performed this ceremony but, as the Queen did not wear trousers, a feminine ensemble was required. Foale’s design was chosen. It is still worn to this day.
caption: Foale & Tuffin dress, 1966
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