Random Announcements

[Tago Mago]

@Oaktavia I think that would look great in silver and green

[Oaktavia]

@Mizmazzle @Karol

@Tago-Mago eagles fan? When did I miss that?

[Tago Mago]

@Oaktavia I have a passing interest in American Football and am not a fan of any team in particular. I was very gently poking fun at you and the Ravens on the off-chance that the Eagles are a "regional" rival

[Oaktavia]

@Tago-Mago aye yeah I actually respect the iggles they are a great team...it's the Steelers I friggin have a loathing hatred for. And the chiefs.

[ARNC]

@Oaktavia just as well you’ve grown out your hair, otherwise the caption might have been a bit different!

[Oaktavia]

@ARNC lol

[Giles]

I LOVE that Newey has gone with Mercedes turquoise....

Classy

[Clint_D]

Now, that's a beautiful vessel.

[scooter]

In case you missed this, I'll just put this here...

https://forum.ironheart.co.uk/topic/9734/ultra-heavy-happy-hour-ihf-virtual-gatherings-thread/1053

[Graeme]

An article from The Guardian about dressing in workwear.

"It's an acceptance of where my body is now" – the modern-day appeal of workwear

[deadendpro]

@Alex you are a good dude. I appreciate you being willing to sign butts because it’s what the people want!

Hope you are having a great time!

[Bridger]

@deadendpro said in Random Announcements:

The point in @Alex 's career when he thought that maybe he should be selling women's bikinis

[Tago Mago]

Lefty OD weather

[J-IV]

Just learned that YKK is “upgrading” their zipper design. Not sure how much of an upgrade it is, if you ask me.

[Mizmazzle]

@J-IV they go up, down, and now a new and improved…sideways!

[J-IV]

@Mizmazzle even better, you’ll be able to climb Everest with ease lol

Edit: for reference -

[Tago Mago]

Who’s getting relieved of what?

[Mizmazzle]

@J-IV guess iron heart won’t be using these. We need zippers that are larger and heavier….minimum measured in pounds…not grams

[J-IV]

@Mizmazzle yeah maybe for the more tech wear stuff? I guess we’ll know it’s the real deal if the Boss decides to spec it on a piece in the future

[sabergirl]

I can’t imagine this will catch on in any significant way, at least for a several years. Zippers that require a whole new setup for installation? I can’t imagine the factories are all going to be supplied with these. And how would the huge retailers who contract with hundreds of places scattered across the world be consistently able to get the new hardware and assure all their outlets have the machines?

It’s just another step towards the evil fast-fashion mentality against repair. That’s how I see it anyways. How can they assure we have to replace garments instead of repairing them? Make a whole new closure that relies on tech that people don’t have access to.