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Iron Heart Fall/Winter 2025 Live Reveal - Thursday 12th of June at 1700BST

Ask Giles and/or Alex Anything

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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
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                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
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                  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
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                      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
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                                      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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                                          neph93
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                                          Joined: 18 Aug 2014

                                          I would support 25oz as most resilient. I have a pair of 666-XHS that are five years old and have many hundred wear days. The crotch has been repaired twice, but that is a result of my tendency towards blow out in that area, especially with pairs that have a trim top block. Otherwise they are full of life, still thick and tough, and that is after being exposed to some very hard wear.

                                          The UHR also takes a kicking, not helpful I know, but it is very, very tough.

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

                                          • Virginia Woolf
                                          last edited by 28 Dec 2020, 13:53 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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