Amazing People from our Community – Circus Performer to Bespoke Tailor

Jarrad Cuff learnt to sew as a child, developing a keen interest in fashion design, but as teenagers from his area got into cars, footy, and heavy metal, he never thought it would be a career option.

Jarrad’s first career was as a circus performer, a Wheel Gymnast (German wheel), touring Australia, the US, and the Middle East, before years later deciding to return to his passion.

With an honours degree in fashion design, and years of training as a bespoke tailor, Jarrad now runs his own business in the Melbourne CBD, making all his clothes by hand, in full view of passers-by.

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