I AM VERY EXCITED ABOUT A NEW SERVICE THAT WE HAVE INTRODUCED AT J. H. CUTLER HERE IN SYDNEY THAT OFFERS OUR CLIENTS TRULY BESPOKE FABRICS, DESIGNED BY AND FOR THE INDIVIDUAL.
It allows the client to personally design their very own fabric, which can feature any colour or combination of colours and design and a [...]
AT ONE TIME BESPOKE WAS A TERM USED IN TAILORING, SHOEMAKING AND CABINET MAKING. IN TAILORING THE ORIGINAL TERM DATES BACK TO THE DAYS WHEN A CUSTOMER ORDERING A GARMENT WOULD SELECT AND RESERVE A CLOTH THAT WAS THEN “BESPOKEN” OR “SPOKEN FOR”. TODAY THE TERM MEANS “MADE TO PERSONAL SPECIFICATION” AND ENTAILS METICULOUS ATTENTION [...]
Born in 1949 and christened John Handel Lawson Cutler, I am the fourth generation of my family to take up the tailor's shears. I joined the family business straight from school at 16 years of age. Even before then I had always shown a very keen interest in bespoke tailoring and shirt making.