I MENTIONED THIS FINE BOOK IN AN EARLIER POST. I STILL HAVE THE COPY THAT MY GREAT GRANDFATHER GAVE TO MY GRANDFATHER IN THE LATE 1890′S AND AS I MENTIONED I STILL REFER TO IT FROM TIME TO TIME. IT REMAINS MY MOST TREASURED BOOK ON TAILORING. LONDON’S VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM, WHICH IS DEVOTED [...]
I HAVE SPENT MORE THAN 45 YEARS OF MY LIFE IMMERSED IN THE WORLD OF BESPOKE TAILORING AND HAVE ALWAYS BEEN INTERESTED IN READING THE WISE WORDS OF OTHERS ABOUT A SUBJECT THAT REMAINS DEAR TO MY HEART, AND AN OBSESSION RATHER THAN JUST A PROFESSION.
One of the earliest quotes that I can recall reading [...]
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.