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    zeuloa
    Raw and Unwashed
    Joined: 11 Dec 2020

    Awesome jacket @Giles!!! Gives me a peek into the future of what mine will eventually look like [emoji2]. Looks very relaxed and manageable… Was a bit afraid that the 21oz would always keep that heaviness and rigidness to some point but yours looks very soft with flow, drape and plenty of character.

    Love the leather patch label btw... Perhaps even a bit more than the current one.

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      neph93
      見習いボス
      Joined: 18 Aug 2014

      @zeuloa:

      Love the leather patch label btw… Perhaps even a bit more than the current one.

      Won’t see those ever again I’m afraid. If that was done today you’d end up on the end of some pointy litigation from Levi’s, which is more or less why it had to change.

      “Some of those that work forces
      Are the same that burn crosses”

      • Virginia Woolf
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        Giles
        IHUK Crew
        Joined: 22 Sept 2009

        Thanks Nephh - my contribution…..

        But Levi's told us we had to stop using it, and the red tab and the OG arcs.....

        As I have said elsewhere before, Levi's flexing their legal muscle and frightening the crap out of the relatively insignificant Japanese brands, and making us run for the hills, was the best thing they could have done for our fledgeling industry.

        You have my eternal gratitude, you unimaginative corporate wankers....

        Don't ever knock Levis, they made us -  not once, but twice.....

        "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

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          Giles
          IHUK Crew
          Joined: 22 Sept 2009

          Oh, and Haraki was so pleased that it all happened.  It allowed him to shed the Levi's look-alike shit which he had unwittingly been a slave too.

          It liberated him and his mind….

          "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

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            zeuloa
            Raw and Unwashed
            Joined: 11 Dec 2020

            I thought it was only the red tab (love the red stitched W btw, much better than the red tab!), good to know, and awesome that Haraki took the high road into freeing his designs!

            Additionally was this iron flower thingy part of the original design or did you add it @giles? Looks great!

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              Giles
              IHUK Crew
              Joined: 22 Sept 2009

              It's a GOOD ART HLYWD staple.  We took a load to sell, then realised that that the fabric has to be cut to attach, and thought that maybe people would not be as cavalier with their clothing as I am….So we sent them back.....

              "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

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                Kasi
                見習いボス
                Joined: 9 Oct 2014

                @Giles:

                Alex and the crew look at other brands to see who we should stock for Sonder, so I guess the lazy answer is that I like and admire the brands we stock on Sonder.

                I went ahead brought a couple of trophy t-shirt… and wool hat
                A brand new brand looks very inspiring..

                I think I will be spending a lot time there buying a few things...

                Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

                The world's insane
                While you drink champagne
                And I'm livin' in black rain 4Q 🖕

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                  Jett129
                  見習いボス
                  Joined: 17 Aug 2011

                  Here’s a,just curious,question for you. When you wrote to Haraki to inquire about repping the brand,had you ever seen any Iron Heart products in person?

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                    neph93
                    見習いボス
                    Joined: 18 Aug 2014

                    ^ good question

                    “Some of those that work forces
                    Are the same that burn crosses”

                    • Virginia Woolf
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                      Jett129
                      見習いボス
                      Joined: 17 Aug 2011

                      The reason for that question being a good percentage of us take a while of lurking,agonizing, speculating about buying your fist ever $300 pair of jeans. I thought I was out of my fucking mind to do that. And then they showed up in 24hrs and my mind was totally blown. Just wanted to know if/when Giles ever experienced that. At this point almost 10 years in it hasn’t changed for me ever time I get something.

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                        neph93
                        見習いボス
                        Joined: 18 Aug 2014

                        @Jett129:

                        At this point almost 10 years in it hasn’t changed for me ever time I get something.

                        I know exactly what you mean. My current awaited order was a utilitarian four tee shirts. It cost over $300 but that is irrelevant. It is four mundane items, totally worth the money and I’ll be overjoyed to recieve them.

                        “Some of those that work forces
                        Are the same that burn crosses”

                        • Virginia Woolf
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                          dinobarnesberlin
                          啓蒙家
                          Joined: 28 Mar 2020

                          Giles have you ever thought about putting together a years end list for example based on either customer favorites or based on sales–which after looking through the current inventory, I would say that despise the Corona fiasco..it looks like IHUK did pretty well.

                          Even like maybe the Oscars of IH with best in categories---Best jeans.. Best westerns, UHF you get the idea.
                          Even a Top Ten list would be cool to see.

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                            Giles
                            IHUK Crew
                            Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                            We could do that, yes.

                            "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

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                              Alex_24
                              Haraki san Expert
                              Joined: 31 May 2019

                              @dinobarnesberlin:

                              …years end list... ...the Oscars of IH with best in categories---Best jeans.. Best westerns, UHF... ...Top Ten list would be cool to see.

                              That’s a great idea [emoji106]

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                                Jett129
                                見習いボス
                                Joined: 17 Aug 2011

                                @Jett129:

                                Here’s a,just curious,question for you. When you wrote to Haraki to inquire about repping the brand,had you ever seen any Iron Heart products in person?

                                .          Maybe this one got lost in the thread?

                                last edited by 28 Dec 2020, 12:42 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                                  David K.K. Hansen
                                  Joined: 12 Nov 2014

                                  @Giles in your personal experience, what top 3 fabrics/weights have been the most durable in Iron Heart jeans?  Not thinking about fades, but how resilient the jean has been to wear and tear.

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                                    Giles
                                    IHUK Crew
                                    Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                    @Jett129:

                                    @Jett129:

                                    Here’s a,just curious,question for you. When you wrote to Haraki to inquire about repping the brand,had you ever seen any Iron Heart products in person?

                                    .          Maybe this one got lost in the thread?

                                    Yes, it did get lost, sorry.

                                    No I had not, the first time I actually saw an Iron Heart product, was when I opened the first carton shipped to me from Japan.

                                    "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

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                                      Giles
                                      IHUK Crew
                                      Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                      @BULLITT:

                                      @Giles in your personal experience, what top 3 fabrics/weights have been the most durable in Iron Heart jeans?  Not thinking about fades, but how resilient the jean has been to wear and tear.

                                      Hmmmm, I tend to wear a pair of jeans for about a year more or less non-stop.  Then I move on to the next great thing…

                                      If I had to make a stab at this, I'd go.

                                      25oz
                                      14oz
                                      19oz

                                      "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

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                                        Jett129
                                        見習いボス
                                        Joined: 17 Aug 2011

                                        @Giles:

                                        @Jett129:

                                        @Jett129:

                                        Here’s a,just curious,question for you. When you wrote to Haraki to inquire about repping the brand,had you ever seen any Iron Heart products in person?

                                        .          Maybe this one got lost in the thread?

                                        Yes, it did get lost, sorry.

                                        No I had not, the first time I actually saw an Iron Heart product, was when I opened the first carton shipped to me from Japan.                        Was the first carton just jeans,or other garments as well. What was your reaction when you first saw or tried on IH? Obviously it was favorable or we wouldn’t be having this conversation. I had said in a previous post that now,almost 10 years in,I’m still blown away every time I receive something from IH.

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                                          David K.K. Hansen
                                          Joined: 12 Nov 2014

                                          @Giles:

                                          @BULLITT:

                                          @Giles in your personal experience, what top 3 fabrics/weights have been the most durable in Iron Heart jeans?  Not thinking about fades, but how resilient the jean has been to wear and tear.

                                          Hmmmm, I tend to wear a pair of jeans for about a year more or less non-stop.  Then I move on to the next great thing…

                                          If I had to make a stab at this, I'd go.

                                          25oz
                                          14oz
                                          19oz

                                          Interesting!  Haven't tried 25oz yet, might have to give it a go as my next pair of jeans!

                                          last edited by 28 Dec 2020, 13:43 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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