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    sabergirl
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    Joined: 4 Oct 2013

    Correct answer is always BOTH.

    Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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      Matt
      見習いボス
      Joined: 4 Oct 2011

      Right.

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        goosehd
        Mod Squad
        Joined: 8 Apr 2016

        @Jett129 …cake it is…

        "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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          Nik
          Raw and Unwashed
          Joined: 12 Nov 2020

          During the FW22 livestream presentation @Alex you talked about 'snap upgrades' and I was wondering if it might be time to retire the now possibly out of date 'pimp'?

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            Bfd70
            Raw and Unwashed
            Joined: 22 Mar 2018

            ^agree

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              Paul9221
              啓蒙家
              Joined: 19 Apr 2011

              Does anyone know of a good Android alternative to Tapatalk?  Seems like it's getting worse. I haven't had a notification since June 1st.  Checked all of my settings (app and OS).  Just reinstalled.

              Sent from my Pixel 6 Pro using Tapatalk

              Blanket-line all the things!!!

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                pechelman
                啓蒙家
                Joined: 24 Jan 2022

                Re: Tapatalk, I've never had a good experience with any UI over the actual website on any forum. This includes mobile web versions. Sometimes the width is a problem, but I find the single browsing interface much more efficient between a regular computer and phone. Then also it's nice to know you're not contributing to any potential extra 3rd party data mining or worrying about yet another place for personal info to get stolen.

                For a different line of questioning:
                Between the 21, 19, and 14oz fabrics, specifically for use in type 3s, which is the most windproof or least breathable? I'm assuming that these two qualities are directly related. Similarly, how do the different fabric treatments, eg super black, od, ib, sbg, etc affect this quality as well? I feel like my 21ODs breathe better than regular 21S but it's hard for me to know given how much more worn my pair of ODs are in comparison.

                In terms of warmth, breathability, or windproof, how do each compare with the 14oz hoodies?

                If you could only get one, which would it be? Weather up here is 40-75f for 80+% of the year.

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                  Alex
                  IHUK Crew
                  Joined: 28 Sept 2009

                  We will be migrating forum soon and when then happens, Tapatalk will no longer be supported, but the mobile experience will be better than it is now.

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                    Alex
                    IHUK Crew
                    Joined: 28 Sept 2009

                    @pechelman:

                    Between the 21, 19, and 14oz fabrics, specifically for use in type 3s, which is the most windproof or least breathable?

                    from least to most:
                    19
                    14
                    21

                    @pechelman:

                    Similarly, how do the different fabric treatments, eg super black, od, ib, sbg, etc affect this quality as well?

                    Personally I find OD and SBG to be warmer and less breathable than regular indigo, but that could just be a subjective thing

                    @pechelman:

                    In terms of warmth, breathability, or windproof, how do each compare with the 14oz hoodies?
                    If you could only get one, which would it be? Weather up here is 40-75f for 80+% of the year.

                    I'm not sure that they are really comparable as like for like

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                      Paul9221
                      啓蒙家
                      Joined: 19 Apr 2011

                      @Alex:

                      We will be migrating forum soon and when then happens, Tapatalk will no longer be supported, but the mobile experience will be better than it is now.

                      That's great to hear, Alex!  Thanks!

                      Blanket-line all the things!!!

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                        pechelman
                        啓蒙家
                        Joined: 24 Jan 2022

                        Many thanks, Alex. Appreciate the insight.

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                          motojobobo
                          啓蒙家
                          Joined: 22 Aug 2015

                          Very surprised to learn the 888 isn’t one of the top sellers. You would never deduce that by the excitement it generates on this forum. Shows the forum isn’t representative of the overall market, not by a looonnnggg shot.

                          The journey is the objective.

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                            Alex
                            IHUK Crew
                            Joined: 28 Sept 2009

                            @motojobobo:

                            Shows the forum isn’t representative of the overall market, not by a looonnnggg shot.

                            This is something that we have had to learn the hard way. Although the forum is our best source of a lot of info, we do then have to apply a bit of global logic to things

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                              Nik
                              Raw and Unwashed
                              Joined: 12 Nov 2020

                              Agreed that it is interesting that the forum and the wider market diverge. Wonder how that looks over time? Is the forum behind or ahead of the curve?

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                              • JestocostJ
                                Jestocost
                                Joined: 21 Jun 2022

                                Not to soapbox, but: I don’t think it’s so much that the forum is “ahead” or “behind” the market, so much as the forum is a self-selecting population with different tastes and needs than the broader IH-buying public. Single-focus BBCode forums are something of a relic from before the Internet consolidated around the current social media behemoths. I would wager that most people familiar enough with the concept to be here instead of on /r/rawdenim are older (less likely to want to wear skinny jeans), have relatively unconventional or non-mainstream attitudes towards clothes and technology (ditto) or live a life that lets them spend a lot of time online (less likely to be able to wear skinny jeans). Thus, we adore the 888, 805s and 634, but the 555, 666 and 777 actually sell.

                                I don’t have demographic data on the IH forums to back up what I’m saying here, obviously. If anyone has real numbers I’d love to hear that I’m wrong. But anecdotally, I’m a very young millennial and I don’t know anyone else IRL who uses a forum like this. Some of the elder gen z guys I’m in charge of think I’m an old man because I spend my (limited) downtime at work on Reddit instead of Instagram or TikTok, lol.

                                I’m very curious to see how the demographics of the forum shift once the migration happens, though. I know a lot of people who don’t own PCs anymore and only use their smartphone. Maybe the mobile-optimized site will help with reeling them in?

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                                  Nik
                                  Raw and Unwashed
                                  Joined: 12 Nov 2020

                                  That's an interesting perspective, but I would wager that because cuts are introduced over time it is likely that both the popularity of the cuts globally and forum have changed over time. I argue that they will continue to do so. The heritage menswear context likes to imagine itself as out of time. The reality is that trends are still at work but they move in a different way. The popularity of the last few years for outdoorsy stuff, for example, has seen IH make a fleece vest. So to come back to the popularity of cuts, I think the 888 and 634 are trending, if slowly, as trends move away from skinny. It will go further too. IH came out with a relaxed chino, and I would be surprised if Haraki didn't at some point release a new denim cut that is wider. So this is all to say that I imagine that the trend to 634 and 888 is relatively new, but we will probably see wideness/skinnyness wax and wane. Brands need to give us reasons to buy stuff. I still wonder if the popularity of certain cuts were charted over time, how would the line for the forum and the global market compare? Nevermind then adding in the difference between East and West…

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                                  • JestocostJ
                                    Jestocost
                                    Joined: 21 Jun 2022

                                    You definitely have a point about the release schedule of the cuts skewing their sales numbers. I'm new to this, so I defer to your greater knowledge of Iron Heart on that front. I think the rankings given in the UHR thread were since 2019… I wonder if they're the same for 2021 or 2022 YTD.

                                    As for the fading (lol) popularity of super-skinny jeans, you're probably onto something there, but from my (very limited) viewpoint the IRL replacement for them seems to be more slim-tapers like the 777 rather than outright relaxed and straight-leg cuts, at least for men. The pendulum could very well continue to swing towards wider legs, though. I am not versed enough in fashion trends to speculate, but for my part, I would welcome a '999' cut with even more generous waist:thigh ratios than the 888  😉

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                                    • KasiK
                                      Kasi
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                                      Joined: 9 Oct 2014

                                      @Giles

                                      Taking little longer to leave messages on the forum.

                                      And tapatalk to

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

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                                        neph93
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                                        Joined: 18 Aug 2014

                                        @Kasi:

                                        @Giles

                                        Taking little longer to leave messages on the forum.

                                        And tapatalk to

                                        It’s true. Laggy and weird.

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

                                        • Virginia Woolf
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                                          Alex
                                          IHUK Crew
                                          Joined: 28 Sept 2009

                                          @jtaylor69 is looking into this

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