Editing John Willie (section)

== Early life ==
John Alexander Scott Coutts was born on 9 December 1902 in [[Straits Settlements]], Singapore, then a British colony.<ref>Pérez Seves, JOHN WILLIE: The Story of John Alexander Scott Coutts, pp. 4.</ref>  Born into wealth, his family relocated to the United Kingdom the following year."<ref>Pérez Seves, JOHN WILLIE: The Story of John Alexander Scott Coutts, pp. 6.</ref> Coutts attended attended Glenalmond, a prestigious boarding school in Scotland,<ref>Pérez Seves, JOHN WILLIE: The Story of John Alexander Scott Coutts, pp. 15.</ref> then the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]].<ref>Pérez Seves, JOHN WILLIE: The Story of John Alexander Scott Coutts, pp. 20-21.</ref> Commissioned as a [[Second Lieutenant]] into the [[Royal Scots]], Coutts was forced to resign in 1925 when he married a night-club dancer, Eveline Stella Frances Fisher, without the permission of his commanding officer.<ref>Pérez Seves, JOHN WILLIE: The Story of John Alexander Scott Coutts, pp. 21.</ref> He migrated with his wife to [[Sydney, Australia]] in 1926;<ref>Pérez Seves, JOHN WILLIE: The Story of John Alexander Scott Coutts, pp. 22-23.</ref> their marriage, however, ended in divorce in 1930.<ref>[http://investigator.records.nsw.gov.au/Entity.aspx?Path=\Item\352087 Investigatpr.records.nsw.gov.au]</ref>

In 1934, Coutts met Holly Anna Faram, who became both his wife and artistic muse, marking the beginning of his professional artistic career.<ref>Pérez Seves, JOHN WILLIE: The Story of John Alexander Scott Coutts, pp. 30-36.</ref>
Later that year or in early 1935, while in Sydney, Coutts experienced another significant moment when he discovered a shoe store called MacNaughts. There he encountered both ultra-high heels and [[London Life]] magazine,<ref>Pérez Seves, JOHN WILLIE: The Story of John Alexander Scott Coutts, pp. 50-57.</ref> followed by meeting a man known as "Achilles," who operated a local High Heel Club for fetishists.<ref>Pérez Seves, JOHN WILLIE: The Story of John Alexander Scott Coutts, pp. 50-63.</ref> It was [[London Life]] magazine that provided the inspiration for ''Bizarre'' magazine.<ref>Pérez Seves, JOHN WILLIE: The Story of John Alexander Scott Coutts, pp. 62-75.</ref>