• Home
  • Recent
  • Calendar
  • Register
  • Login
  • Home
  • Recent
  • Calendar
  • Register
  • Login
Iron Heart Forum
Iron Heart Forum

New Iron Heart Website - Live Now - Feedback and Bug Report Here Please!

The Knights in White Denim Tour -AKA The White Trash Tour…

World Tours
63
813
81.3k
Loading More Posts
  • Oldest to Newest
  • Newest to Oldest
  • Most Votes
Reply
  • Reply as topic
Log in to reply
This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
  • G
    Graeme
    啓蒙家
    Joined: 30 Mar 2012

    I went out to look at watches today. Giles is keen on the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms, and I found a suitable version for the Knights in White Denim.

    (TWSH-06, IH-634S-WH, Gieves and Hawkes Admiral Coat.)

    I need to get saving.

    A few random shots of London. A carved owl in Liberty's.

    Centre Point at the end of Oxford Street. The Portacabins you can see at the end of the road are to do with the Crossrail project, and a whole block has been levelled to make way for a new station. It's a huge infrastructure project to build an east-west line across London.

    One Hyde Park in Knightsbridge. This is some of the most expensive real estate in the world, and mostly sold to Russian oligarchs and Arab sheikhs as far as I can tell. That seems to be who's buying most of the superprime properties in London.

    And for Seul…

    Or if he prefers a huge lump of chocolate. Well, he is Belgian after all…

    last edited by 3 Feb 2013, 22:55 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
    • G
      Graeme
      啓蒙家
      Joined: 30 Mar 2012

      Yesterday was Alex Thomson's homecoming, and being a miserable February I decided that a trip to sunny Gosvegas was in order.

      The train from London runs out of railway at Portsmouth Harbour. Just outside is this old ship.

      I took the ferry across the harbour, and caught the tail-end of the Parade of Sail.

      Welcome to Gosport.

      Skaters aren't popular there, though.

      The Gosport navy? A World War 2 motor torpedo boat. These used to be really popular in boys' comics in the seventies, along with the German E-boats.

      I arrived at the pier at about the same time that Alex did. Giles and Paula were already there.

      At that point we decided that the pub was the better option. Some of Giles friends run Hardy's, which I suspect will be the official hostelry of the Chain Stitch Massacre, and we found Simon lurking in the bar. (Sensible man.)

      Hardy's was the venue for Alex's celebratory shindig. I spent much of the time chatting to Giles and his friends, as Paula had been roped into serving behind the bar. Got a chance to shake Alex's hand and say well done, but he spent much of the time circulating. He's very good at working the room.

      Oh, I found out that one of the possible new office locations could have military guards. Which, as I pointed out, would have guns. I think they'd be the real 21 oz Army…

      On the way back, I saw this sign. I think that it's necessary given the prevalent conditions in Gosport...

      last edited by 10 Feb 2013, 22:19 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
      • G
        Graeme
        啓蒙家
        Joined: 30 Mar 2012

        Kung Hei Fat Choi!

        At least, thats's what the banners in the centre of London read today. Being the Chinese New Year there were some festivities going on. Unfortunately being the middle of the English winter, it was damp and miserable.

        And, of course, there were a few dragons about…

        last edited by 10 Feb 2013, 22:30 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
        • G
          Graeme
          啓蒙家
          Joined: 30 Mar 2012

          The Chinese are big shoppers, and this dragon continued the trend…

          Harrods shop window.

          last edited by 10 Feb 2013, 22:33 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
          • G
            Graeme
            啓蒙家
            Joined: 30 Mar 2012

            More shots of London, including Piccadilly Circus. It's become a byword for somewhere being busy, but it's relatively quiet in this shot.

            Brick Lane.

            This is the John Lobb shop, and they make some of the finest boots and shoes in the world. If you want a pair they start at about £3000, plus VAT, and will take eight months to arrive.

            I like the Battle Boots. Unfortunately I don't like the price.

            Carreducker are a new bespoke shoemaker. They're a bit more avant garde than Lobbs, but that isn't really difficult. This pair of boots has been tattooed, and, especially for Chris, has a Commando sole.

            And this is the sort of experiment you hope they don't get wrong…

            last edited by 2 Oct 2013, 22:44 10 Feb 2013, 22:43 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
            • J
              jimmy
              Joined: 17 Dec 2010

              Mmmm…. i like the look of those John Lobb battle boot too

              last edited by 11 Feb 2013, 03:09 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
              • G
                Graeme
                啓蒙家
                Joined: 30 Mar 2012

                Yeah, but you won't like the price…

                The boots themselves are £3,600.

                Then you need another £930 for the boot trees.

                And then another £170 for the embroidered shoe bags.

                So that'll be £4,700 in total. If you live in the EU then there'll be a further 20% in VAT on top of that taking them to £5,600. Those with medical conditions that require orthopedic shoes or live in the Colonies will avoid that.

                However, you'll probably get thirty odd years use out of the boots before they bite the dust.

                I actually rather like these boots by Scheer, the John Lobb of Vienna. I suspect that they'd be somewhat cheaper than the Battle Boots.

                last edited by 11 Feb 2013, 22:19 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                • J
                  jimmy
                  Joined: 17 Dec 2010

                  you would hope if last more than 30 years. I know they were pricey but didn't think was that much

                  i have a customer that inherited 8 pairs of Lobbs from his father when he passed [he is now in his 50s] send them all back to get re- lasted and resoled. every pair still going strong and looks stunning.

                  last edited by 11 Feb 2013, 23:37 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                  • M
                    madmonday
                    Raw and Unwashed
                    Joined: 13 Oct 2009

                    Graeme incredible leg. thank you for your contribution.

                    i would like to make a request for more pics of the denim.  really curious to see what they look like at this stage of the game.

                    thanks again

                    head high, middle finger higher

                    last edited by 12 Feb 2013, 14:32 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                    • S
                      Sugar Mountain
                      Joined: 18 Jan 2012

                      Agree with Monday, great leg Graeme. I've enjoyed seeing London, our shared home, from a different perspective.

                      last edited by 12 Feb 2013, 15:45 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                      • G
                        Giles
                        IHUK Crew
                        Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                        Spotted on a pier in Gosport this weekend…..

                        "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

                        last edited by 12 Feb 2013, 18:27 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                        • E
                          emceeQ
                          啓蒙家
                          Joined: 11 Jan 2012

                          Loving the updates and all the interesting architecture/places

                          last edited by 12 Feb 2013, 21:15 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                          • M
                            Megatron1505
                            見習いボス
                            Joined: 10 Jul 2011

                            You've done the Whites proud Graeme, great leg/ updates.

                            Made in England, clothed in Japan, fed in America and drunk in Belgium !

                            last edited by 12 Feb 2013, 21:16 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                            • G
                              Graeme
                              啓蒙家
                              Joined: 30 Mar 2012

                              I've been knocked down by a nasty cold that's been doing the rounds here in London, so haven't been up to much. However, I did receive my entry for the HWDC.

                              They're a pair of the Eight-G stupidly heavy 28 or 30 oz jeans (depending on who you ask). They're not as nice as the Whites, and don't seem as well finished.  If Iron Heart are engineered, these are bashed out in a Brunellian fashion.

                              In the eternal battle between legs and shuttle-loomed fabric I fear that there will be only one winner. Anyone willing to offer a wager on my legs?

                              I hold Megatron entirely responsible. Something about wanting to see the EightGs in the Contest…

                              Suddenly these seem a much better idea.

                              last edited by 17 Feb 2013, 20:46 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                              • G
                                Graeme
                                啓蒙家
                                Joined: 30 Mar 2012

                                @emceeQ:

                                Loving the updates and all the interesting architecture/places

                                One last one for you then emceeQ, this is St. James's Palace, which is one of the official residences of the Queen. The gatehouse tower is Tudor, so dating from the Sixteenth century.

                                last edited by 17 Feb 2013, 20:54 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                • G
                                  Graeme
                                  啓蒙家
                                  Joined: 30 Mar 2012

                                  This is Goldhawk Road in Shepherd's Bush, which is nothing much to look at. In fact, it's generally slightly run down looking.

                                  Only halfway along it there's an Aston Martin shop… 😘

                                  The second of these is the V12 Zagato. That's a particularly rare beastie.

                                  last edited by 17 Feb 2013, 21:00 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                  • S
                                    Seul
                                    Joined: 24 Nov 2009

                                    😘

                                    last edited by 17 Feb 2013, 21:08 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                    • G
                                      Graeme
                                      啓蒙家
                                      Joined: 30 Mar 2012

                                      @Graeme:

                                      I really need more guitars, tattoos and rock 'n' roll in my leg of the Knights in White Denim tour…

                                      This is Denmark Street. Those of you suffering from Guitar Acquisition Syndrome, look away now…

                                      last edited by 17 Feb 2013, 21:13 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                      • E
                                        elclintor
                                        Joined: 30 Dec 2010

                                        yeaaaaahhhh!

                                        Geo

                                        last edited by 17 Feb 2013, 21:14 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                        • G
                                          Graeme
                                          啓蒙家
                                          Joined: 30 Mar 2012

                                          @madmonday:

                                          i would like to make a request for more pics of the denim.  really curious to see what they look like at this stage of the game.

                                          I'll get some together in the next day or two.

                                          They're holding up well, but there aren't the fades you get on an indigo pair. Rather they're accumulating stains as they go.

                                          last edited by 17 Feb 2013, 21:18 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                          585 out of 813
                                          • First post
                                            585/813
                                            Last post
                                          Copyright Iron Heart 2022.