Iron Heart Products - What do you think we should make?

[Giles]

My comment applied to all forms of sulphur overdyeing (inc the traditional).  So I am a little unsure what we will be able to do moving forward….

[David K.K. Hansen]

Is overdying a complicated process?  Or would IHUK be able to set up an overdying process in the UK?  Thinking if it could be an option for customers to have their clothes overdyed at IHUK, so those customers who want overdying can pay extra for it?

Just brainstorming here, have no idea what the process demands in labour or equipment.

[Cutlasshound]

@BULLITT:

Is overdying a complicated process?  Or would IHUK be able to set up an overdying process in the UK?  Thinking if it could be an option for customers to have their clothes overdyed at IHUK, so those customers who want overdying can pay extra for it?

Just brainstorming here, have no idea what the process demands in labour or equipment.

My understanding is that it shrinks garments a lot so would likely be a hideous process to retrospectively die something and retain/obtain desired sizing (glorious fucking idea though I must say).

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[Kasi]

@Giles:

My comment applied to all forms of sulphur overdyeing (inc the traditional).  So I am a little unsure what we will be able to do moving forward….

How about something in a pronto jeans…
Instead.. theirs jeans cut are amazing.

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[Giles]

@BULLITT:

Is overdying a complicated process?  Or would IHUK be able to set up an overdying process in the UK?  Thinking if it could be an option for customers to have their clothes overdyed at IHUK, so those customers who want overdying can pay extra for it?

Just brainstorming here, have no idea what the process demands in labour or equipment.

It's massively capital intensive, requires a shit load of water, which needs to be cleaned after use (which is one of the reasons it is getting more and more expensive), and even after cleaning, that water cant just be chucked down a domestic drain, there is a large amount of wastage (garments getting wrecked in the OD process), and after all that the patches have to be sewn on and the garments ironed.

We lost a whole run of jeans once, this is a savage process, which is why the result of our overdyeing is probably better than anyone else out there.

[endo]

Perhaps this has been suggested before -
an 816 (or 801) in olive (army-ish, not kaki) would be a killer.

[neph93]

@endo:

Perhaps this has been suggested before -
an 816 (or 801) in olive (army-ish, not kaki) would be a killer.

Cool idea….

It was more or less done a few years back in a beautiful olive herringbone.

https://www.ironheart.co.uk/extinct/ih-712.html

And there were these too

https://www.ironheart.co.uk/extinct/ih-816-olv.html

https://www.ironheart.co.uk/aug20-sale/ih-720-olv.html

All great pants.

[endo]

Oh yes, the last one has the colour I mean. Shame it's extinct.
And personally, I would prefer cotton duck, not whipcord.

[neph93]

There has been a brown, black and blue cotton duck earlier. Never an olive. I’d like that too.

The olive herringbone was sublime though.

[endo]

… more or less like this

[neph93]

Nice mock up. Unfortunately what makes it unlikely to happen is that it would require a whole new run of the fabric. That would be a lot of fabric, and a lot of pants.  Probably more than one could reasonably expect to sell.

A few years back Haraki-san designed and produced a beautiful indigo dyed herringbone it was made into work pants, shirts, vests… but for whatever reason it wasn’t very popular and the products made from it had weak sales. The risk with a new fabric/color is great.

[endo]

understand, thank you @neph93. there is obviously much more effort and complexity producing these high quality garments than one can imagine.

[neph93]

@endo:

understand, thank you @neph93. there is obviously much more effort and complexity producing these high quality garments than one can imagine.

Never say never though. One day it may happen. I love the idea of an olive duck!

[David K.K. Hansen]

@Giles:

It's massively capital intensive, requires a shit load of water, which needs to be cleaned after use (which is one of the reasons it is getting more and more expensive), and even after cleaning, that water cant just be chucked down a domestic drain, there is a large amount of wastage (garments getting wrecked in the OD process), and after all that the patches have to be sewn on and the garments ironed.

We lost a whole run of jeans once, this is a savage process, which is why the result of our overdyeing is probably better than anyone else out there.

Hey Giles,

Thanks for the detailed explanation, makes me appreciate overdyed denim even more.  A while back you guys released short films about the denim making process, was overdyed covered in one of the videos by chance?

[Giles]

It was not.

[Vincerpzo]

I am looking for a badass bomber jacket for the winter months. How about a 21oz super black MA-1 style bomber, elasticated cuffs and waist. Preferably lined/ maybe removable for warmer weather. Bi-swing arms for motorcycle use as well. Would be very similar the the limited release studio dartisan sashiko bomber. I have just received a type 3 super black jacket. Things so rugged it stands up by itself.
Cheers from sunny England.

[Nik]

How about an approximate arrival of the 888 duck? Looking forward to those!

[Alex]

@Nkwkfld:

How about an approximate arrival of the 888 duck? Looking forward to those!

We don’t even have an ETd yet on these, the factory has not put these into a schedule just yet. I suspect April soonest

[Nik]

Thanks! I can keep working on my xhs and 21OD until then

[Filthy2123ozjunkie]

I wrote a haiku:

What denim could be
Double indigo rope dyed
Indigo twenty five ounce