A Man's Wardrobe Category

ERMENEGILDO ZEGNA HAVE INCORPORATED CUTTING EDGE FABRIC TECHNOLOGY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR ‘COOL EFFECT’ FABRIC.THIS PURE AUSTRALIAN WOOL SUITING IS NOT ONLY FEATHERLIGHT, SOFT AND SUMPTUOUS, BUT REPLICATES THE COOLING EFFECT OF WHITE FABRICS BY REFLECTING 80% OF THE HEAT CREATED BY SUNLIGHT - COMPARED TO THE 20% THAT A REGULAR DARK FABRIC REFLECTS. [...]

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 [...]

Who is John Cutler?

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.

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