[1] Flunking math, Farrales also had to repeat the subject in Cotabato, where he took note of the attires worn by Muslim women in the area.
[2] Faralles attended the University of Santo Tomas (UST) for his collegiate studies where he pursued a degree on fine arts.
[1] By the time he was a freshman college student, he was working part-time in a department store in Manila which is often patronized by wealthy women.
[1][3] He became known as the "Dean of Philippine Fashion", a title given to him by socialite and Karilagan Arts International founder Conching Sunito in his 30s.
He was also the first Filipino to organize a fashion show at the Manila Hotel in 1959 and the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., in the United States in 1984.