Random questions to which you seek an answer
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Because it costs a fortune to make and stock loads of different inseam lengths. So we make for what we think is a sensible longest leg that we will sell and give people the opportunity of hemming to their exact desired inseam length if they wish…
http://www.ironheart.co.uk/bottoms/chain-stitching.html
It's relatively easy to hem to length, it is impossible to add to length....
Thanks for the fast reply, @Giles! Makes sense economically, as even if only 5% have such long legs, it means they could not buy/wear a pair at all if the inseam was any shorter. Well, assuming the half foot of trailing fabric doesn't put off people from purchasing… didn't stop me did it
If I'm 6'1 and have 6 inches of spare fabric (uncuffed) then I only worry some shorter people have a lot more trailing fabric. But I guess that's a judgement call made and a number of cuts have a shorter inseam too.My only qualm with hemming is it makes the leg opening even wider, which might mean you can only stack when wearing boots.
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Possibly scrap my hemming argument, even on tapered jeans like the 1955S if I hemmed off a full 6 inches (and I wouldn't) the hem would only rise from 8 3/4 to 9 1/4…
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But as @Madame Buttonfly oft says, that 1/2 inch is very important to some people…..
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Who can argue with that
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The only Japanese brand which comes to my mind offering multiple inseams is Resolute.
They offer inseams from 28" tp 36" on nearly all waist sizes (see here http://resolute.jp/710.html).But then they only have 4 models at all so they can't compete with IH on the variety of cuts/models
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The only Japanese brand which comes to my mind offering multiple inseams is Resolute.
They offer inseams from 28" tp 36" on nearly all waist sizes (see here http://resolute.jp/710.html).But then they only have 4 models at all so they can't compete with IH on the variety of cuts/models
Wow, 8 lengths. That is going some. The long legged aren't well served, though, their longest comes in 1.5 inches below peak IH length.
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And it is all unsanforized denim so it will shrink. But Resolute's main market is Japan and the guys&gals over there are shorter. The IH jeans for Japan are also shorter. Thanks to Giles you can enjoy those long inseams here on the Western market.
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I'm in Thailand but we have the Western inseam lengths, and no obvious place to get the hem chainstitched here that I know. A million tailors, but usually cheap and sloppy from my experience.
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Pronto have loads of 43200G's. I borrowed one a few years ago….
I sent them an email earlier today actually, I'm hoping they get back to me shortly. The staff member that served me said they couldn't chainstitch. Maybe the word or my pronunciation eluded him, I don't know the Thai equivalent. Or maybe that one store couldn't…
And thanks for the heads up, Giles. A happy coincidence a couple of hours after writing them a message
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according to Giles in random announcements it is slightly lighter than the standard 7.5oz loopwheeled materials, and will be available in S-L, and Xl & XXL with side seems. The collar looked constructed differently than what is on my IHPT-01 and IHFT-2012, which is what I am most excited for and I love some melange (is that the right term???) style heathered tees.
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possibility of a custom sized shirt? biggerer.
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I doubt the side seems are meant for alteration, but simply to keep with the proportions in sync with the smaller sizes, that way a 24" chest on an XXL lopped wheeled tee doesn't have a 48" opening at the bottom. Loopedwheeled stuff is heard to do, I'm guessing that's why you see more loopwheeled sweat shirts than Tshirts - on sweats you can put a ribbed hem along the bottom and pull in the fabric, where as a tshirt is much more difficult.
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Giles explains the loopwheeling process here
If you pick up the video at around 3:20, there's an explanation of sizing with loopwheel shirts and why they aren't bigger. Though putting in a side seam allows them to be made wider, it does have constructional drawbacks.More general info about loopwheeling can be found here.
