Iron Heart Products - What do you think we should make?
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@John:
The duck vest and jacket are such great pieces that contrast very nicely with the denim shirts (vs denim on denim). I only wish they were heavier than 17oz - something around 21oz or greater. Any consideration given to heavier duck vests or jackets?
Not at the moment. The mills are on their knees with all the new shit we are making them weave
Reading between the lines - it’s not off the table - a possibility to release something like this at some point in the future - maybe for an FW23 or FW24 ::)
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We did a down filled vest years ago…
https://www.ironheart.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=72.0
The quality was amazing and I still wear my Turquoise version...
(and so does Haraki when he stays at our house and gets a little chilly)…..
Trouble is, it was made in China, and we got a load of shit for making stuff in there. And Haraki says that to make a vest of the same quality in Japan, the price would be off the scale expensive….
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That vest looks amazing Giles. Shame that made in China got a knee jerk reaction. I don’t know much about worker conditions so couldn’t provide an opinion, but it seems to me that quality of Chinese goods is as good as the customer requests. Want to buy cheap junk? That’s what you’ll get. Want something well made and, likewise, they’ll oblige for a higher price.
Having seen 1st hand the efforts you all go to create quality gear, I’m sure the vest was as excellent as any other item bearing your name.
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When I originally told H it was an issue, he simply could not comprehend the problem. In fact he
felt pretty insulted."I specced IH quality, it is IH quality, what the fuck is the problem?"
It's the same gig as Made in America Jingoism. Just because it is made in America does not mean it's good. I could, if I wished, provide the denim and get jeans made in LA for USD12 per pair, now don't tell me that a) they'll be good and b) that the workers earn a living wage….
There's a lot of grey between black and white....
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Not sure if you've done this, but flap pockets on some work shirts would be cool. It changes the look a bit and keeps things inside for anyone bending over/doing work in them
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Not sure if you've done this, but flap pockets on some work shirts would be cool. It changes the look a bit and keeps things inside for anyone bending over/doing work in them
There have been some variants of the standard IH workshirt pattern witj flap pockets. The IHSH-163 springs to mind. Great shirts.
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How about a shirt exactly like this but in the Black IHSH-64 fabric (or olive)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CWfdIdnLQGO/?utm_medium=share_sheet -
Not sure if you've done this, but flap pockets on some work shirts would be cool. It changes the look a bit and keeps things inside for anyone bending over/doing work in them
There have been some variants of the standard IH workshirt pattern witj flap pockets. The IHSH-163 springs to mind. Great shirts.
Those are definitely nice but more like yolk-less westerns (unless I'm seeing something different). I meant the boxier work shirt pockets
