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    popvulture
    見習いボス
    Joined: 2 Oct 2018

    Much appreciated, @Giles — that all makes perfect sense. Also cool to know a little more of the history.

    WTB
    IHSH-IHG-BLK XXL
    Sugar Cane Coke Stripe SS L charcoal

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      popvulture
      見習いボス
      @Nik
      Joined: 2 Oct 2018

      @Nik yep, that all tracks now. I wondered about the possibility of Haraki wanting to keep the 634 original spec, which would definitely be logical. To answer your question about other 634 though, yes — all the others aside from XHS and 21oz (plus their overdyed variants like regular OD and Mad Black) seem to have the lined pockets and selvedge fly.

      WTB
      IHSH-IHG-BLK XXL
      Sugar Cane Coke Stripe SS L charcoal

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        Alex
        IHUK Crew
        @Giles
        Joined: 28 Sept 2009

        @Giles said in Random questions to which you seek an answer:

        The IH-1955 has lined rear pockets but not a selvedge fly because I forgot to spec it, and then did not notice on the first sample it was missing.

        I only found out recently that the reason some of our jeans don't have flashers is because @Giles forgot to specifically request them when he did the first run, he just assumed saying 'all details the same as IH-634S except fit like sample xyz was enough (as I would have done) but apparently not. Now we are so far down the line, we are not allowed to add them retroactivley as it would 'confuse the factory'

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          goosehd
          Mod Squad
          @Alex
          Joined: 8 Apr 2016

          @Alex Something I’ve never asked but your post has intrigued me: When you guys are discussing new items with Japan, I always assumed it was in English and Serena (or predecessors) translated the details as needed.

          In a case like the selvedge flys…would that have been a translational issue between IHUK and IH-Japan or between IH-Japan and the factories. Not looking for places to find fault, but curious how complex it is dealing with multiple factories, people, and language in all of the equation for goods to reach the market.

          "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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            Alex
            IHUK Crew
            @goosehd
            Joined: 28 Sept 2009

            @goosehd said in Random questions to which you seek an answer:

            @Alex Something I’ve never asked but your post has intrigued me: When you guys are discussing new items with Japan, I always assumed it was in English and Serena (or predecessors) translated the details as needed.

            In a case like the selvedge flys…would that have been a translational issue between IHUK and IH-Japan or between IH-Japan and the factories. Not looking for places to find fault, but curious how complex it is dealing with multiple factories, people, and language in all of the equation for goods to reach the market.

            if the issue was that someone forgot to put a detail on a aproduct physically, it would be a Japanese:Japanese communication issue

            If the issue was that someone forgot to request a specific detail (eg flyers above) it would be a cultural translation fail, not a language one. We assume, they do not

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              Tago Mago
              Mod Squad
              @Alex
              Joined: 16 Jan 2021

              @Alex Am I correct in thinking that you took Japanese for a while? Are you still pursuing this and has this helped in dealing with Japan, i.e. removing the language barrier to a certain extent?

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                Alex
                IHUK Crew
                @Tago Mago
                Joined: 28 Sept 2009

                @Tago-Mago I am, yes. And yes, I think it makes things easier for me than they were for Dad in this sort of case

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                  tody
                  啓蒙家
                  @Alex
                  Joined: 24 Feb 2021

                  @Alex And what was the funniest communication fuck-up in the past (with the best outcome)? I remember you ending up with a lot of red ombre shirts recently, that was another one of these things?

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                    Alex
                    IHUK Crew
                    @tody
                    Joined: 28 Sept 2009

                    @tody yeah this was one of these things. We wanted to call the purple ones IHSH-264-PUR (as they were the purple version of the BB ombre) but were not allowed to order them as that becasue the IHSH-130 and IHSH-126 existed already. Tom hates when I put -COLOUR at the end of things, fuck knows why - it makes it much clearer what we are talking about, so on round two of the purples, I proudly rememeberd to order the IHSH-126 and 130 instead of the 264/265-PUR. Turns out we made a red 126 and 130 too, and for some unknown reason that was the default instead of either the purple we had recently done or asking me to clarify.

                    Also the short inseam 777S-21 that were meant to maintain the taper at a shorter length, took fucking ages to arrive and we ended up with about 300 pairs of 777S-21 at normal inseam that were then hemmed to 32", therefore losing all the taper...

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                      goosehd
                      Mod Squad
                      Joined: 8 Apr 2016

                      @Alex laughing with you re: purple/red...I guess the only way to fully comprehend the cultural differences is to move down there for an extended period of time. I am in awe of what you guys have been able to do with those barriers in place and the results speak for themselves.

                      "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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                        Alex
                        IHUK Crew
                        @goosehd
                        Joined: 28 Sept 2009

                        @goosehd said in Random questions to which you seek an answer:

                        @Alex laughing with you re: purple/red...I guess the only way to fully comprehend the cultural differences is to move down there for an extended period of time. I am in awe of what you guys have been able to do with those barriers in place and the results speak for themselves.

                        the reds are popular too, the problem was we took retailer preorders for the purples, then offered people a chance to cancel them due to our fuck up, and basically everyone cancelled the fuckers because we had just released the very similar Red/Blue/Black UHF as part of that FW, so now we have a shitload to get through 😂

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                          Oaktavia
                          見習いボス
                          Joined: 12 Jun 2019

                          this has been a great fly-on-the-forum-wall read gents

                          IG: electricindigowizard

                          "Possibly splitting hairs, but I consider @Oaktavia to be the beardy, dank High Magus of this denim game…" @neph93

                          WTB: IHJ-72- XL/XXL

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                            Tago Mago
                            Mod Squad
                            @Alex
                            Joined: 16 Jan 2021

                            @Alex if you're subtly trying to sell a shirt, you may have piqued my interest 😂

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                              T4920
                              見習いボス
                              Joined: 27 Apr 2022

                              I had some basic, conversational Japanese under my belt 5/6 years ago. I was working in the middle of nowhere in Australia with very little to do in my spare time prior to visiting Japan for three weeks, so took online classes for fun so I'd find my time there a little more accessible.

                              Had a fairly large amount of vocab memorised and a solid understanding of the Hiragana and Katana scripts (Kanji always eluded me though...)

                              Sat down opposite H at the party last month however, and all I could muster was a 'はじめまして よろしくお願いします'

                              If you don't use it, you lose it 😞

                              “𝑁𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑙𝑒𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑢𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑏 𝑦𝑜𝑢. 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑚𝑒𝑒𝑡 𝑖𝑡, 𝑖𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑜, 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑎𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑡𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑚 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡.”

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                                Alex
                                IHUK Crew
                                @Tago Mago
                                Joined: 28 Sept 2009

                                @Tago-Mago go get one...
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                                  Alex
                                  IHUK Crew
                                  @T4920
                                  Joined: 28 Sept 2009

                                  @T4920 said in Random questions to which you seek an answer:

                                  Sat down opposite H at the party last month however, and all I could muster was a 'はじめまして よろしくお願いします'

                                  Better than "alright mate?"

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                                    Giles
                                    IHUK Crew
                                    @tody
                                    Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                    @tody said in Random questions to which you seek an answer:

                                    And what was the funniest communication fuck-up in the past

                                    Mine was doing a rerun of a t-shirt. We originally did the t in black and white. The white had sold well, but the black had sold poorly, so I just needed more white…

                                    “Exactly the same as the previous run, just the white, but no black

                                    Became…

                                    “Exactly the same as the previous run, white and black”

                                    "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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                                      tody
                                      啓蒙家
                                      Joined: 24 Feb 2021

                                      @Alex @Giles keep em coming!
                                      It‘s sometimes difficult to understand what Google translate makes of Haraki‘s blog, or what Instagram makes of the Instagram postings of some hot rod people i am following. So putting in precise orders must be a nightmare at times.

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                                        louisbosco
                                        啓蒙家
                                        @Alex
                                        Joined: 21 Feb 2013

                                        @Alex alright mate, howzit garnnnnn

                                        "Loyalty is a two way street. If i'm asking for it from you, then you're getting it from me."

                                        • Harvey Specter
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                                          louisbosco
                                          啓蒙家
                                          @tody
                                          Joined: 21 Feb 2013

                                          @tody once in awhile the translatation on Haraki's FB post is quite a laugh.. but I guess that's more on FB's translate software than anything else..

                                          "Loyalty is a two way street. If i'm asking for it from you, then you're getting it from me."

                                          • Harvey Specter
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