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    Iron Heart Fall/Winter 2025 Collection Preview - Now Live

    Samples - New Products We Are Working On

    Future and Planned Products
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    • xtcclassicX
      xtcclassic
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      @Alex:

      The samples are made, but we can't put them into production yet due to our jeans production issues

      Well, that’s progress since the last time I asked, so that’s good news. What jeans production issues? I must have missed something.

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      • GilesG
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        During the lockdown in Japan virtually all foreign workers went home and were not allowed back in.  So mills and factories have been running at approx 60% capacity for a couple of years.

        Japan is opening up again now, so things will get better.

        How we fix this as a company was one of the major talking points when @alex and I were in Japan a couple of weeks ago.

        One of the factories that makes a lot of of our stuff was remarkable.  They have built a lot of housing onsite for the foreign staff, they have individual kitchens in each apartment and a massive communal kitchen.  They also have a massive vegetable garden so produce can be grown on site. Alex and I were totally blown away with the care that the owner of the factory and his wife took of their "family"….

        "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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        • NikN
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          Build a mill in Gosport?

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          • goosehdG
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            Stories like this, make me love the brand more and more.  Thanks for sharing G!

            "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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            • GilesG
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              Honestly, it was amazing.  He showed us the housing and the communal areas after I had asked him if he was having trouble getting foreign staff to return.  His answer, was basically, "no, we treat them so well, they are queuing up to come and work for us, come and take a look…....."

              "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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              • mclaincauseyM
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                Amazing stuff.

                I wonder what a chambray with two different colors (meaning no white warp or weft) would look like? Like an IB chambray, perhaps mock twisted…

                Think it, be it.

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                • GilesG
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                  Sort of like an IB duck…

                  "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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                  • MattM
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                    So that’s conformation on IB duck 888s for FW24?

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                    • ChapC
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                      @Giles:

                      …

                      One of the factories that makes a lot of of our stuff was remarkable.  They have built a lot of housing onsite for the foreign staff, they have individual kitchens in each apartment and a massive communal kitchen.  They also have a massive vegetable garden so produce can be grown on site. Alex and I were totally blown away with the care that the owner of the factory and his wife took of their "family"....

                      In an ideal world companies would…

                      God has blessed you richly, so get down on your knees and thank him. Don’t forget the less fortunate or God will personally kick your ass. I’d love to do it for him, but I can’t be everywhere. Willie Nelson

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                      • goosehdG
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                        Every business is a ladder…Every part is equally important and useless without the other parts...

                        Wish everyone viewed it that way.

                        "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                        • mclaincauseyM
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                          I'd say that to every THING. We are all connected.

                          If that's too hippy-dippy for you, you can just extend from the business to the value network (supply chain, customers, etc)

                          Think it, be it.

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                          • GilesG
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                            @Matt:

                            So that’s conformation on IB duck 888s for FW24?

                            Nope

                            "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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                            • goosehdG
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                              @mclaincausey It's not hippy-dippy when it's the truth…I'm also a firm believer in Karma and you know what they say.

                              "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                              • KasiK
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                                Amazing looking after family and workers.

                                That why Iron Heart is Iron [emoji3590]

                                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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                                • mclaincauseyM
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                                  @goosehd:

                                  @mclaincausey It's not hippy-dippy when it's the truth…I'm also a firm believer in Karma and you know what they say.

                                  A butterfly flaps its wings in Tokyo and next thing you know I'm hung over in Denver

                                  Think it, be it.

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                                  • goosehdG
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                                    @mclaincausey Makes me smile…thanks!

                                    "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                                    • Bill CB
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                                      @Giles:

                                      During the lockdown in Japan virtually all foreign workers went home and were not allowed back in.  So mills and factories have been running at approx 60% capacity for a couple of years.

                                      Japan is opening up again now, so things will get better.

                                      How we fix this as a company was one of the major talking points when @alex and I were in Japan a couple of weeks ago.

                                      One of the factories that makes a lot of of our stuff was remarkable.  They have built a lot of housing onsite for the foreign staff, they have individual kitchens in each apartment and a massive communal kitchen.  They also have a massive vegetable garden so produce can be grown on site. Alex and I were totally blown away with the care that the owner of the factory and his wife took of their "family"….

                                      It’s genuinely inspiring to hear this - especially in these challenging times.

                                      Profile pic “The Gosport Queen”

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                                      • Vaperfavour1313V
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                                        Natural Indigo 28x hand dipped? Lol, I just spat out my coffee!

                                        Make mine Indigo!

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                                        • AdamJA
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                                          The devil is in the detail..

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                                          • hajdukH
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                                            Very soon on sale in the shop? [mention]AdamJ [/mention]

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                                            "Ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have" James Baldwin.

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