John is the fourth generation of his family to take up the tailor’s shears.

He joined the family business, J. H. Cutler straight from school at 16 years of age. Even before that date he had shown a keen interest in tailoring and shirt making. During his holidays from Sydney Grammar, he would visit the shop to learn about tailoring. He even made the occasional waistcoat for members of staff at the school.

At 18 John followed in the footsteps of his grandfather and father before him, and travelled to London, which at that time was the fashion centre of the world. Whilst working at one of the world’s foremost woollen houses Dormeuil Freres, he got to know the tailors in Savile Row. He also attended the renowned Tailor and Cutter Academy in Soho’s Gerrard Street where he studied ‘cutting gentlemen’s tailor made garments’, graduating in 1969. The Academy, which sadly no longer exists, was for many years the cornerstone of British institutional tailoring.

He returned to work with his father Bruce in the family business and took over as Managing Director in 1976. To this day John remains as designer, cutter, and Business Principal of J. H. Cutler and founder and Business Principal of London Style by John Cutler, with more than 45 years experience in top quality men’s tailoring.