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@don_pipone Thanks for your quick response. Lets go Deutschland : )
Its a pretty sweeping question, but have you worn lots of IH and found that the difference in neighboring sizes is more about 'fit' as in style than a determining factor? Obviously, it would be both, but I wonder if there's more room to 'sizing down' than in other kinds of clothes... I hope you can understand what I mean, though it's a bit silly. Cheers -
@mitzimeow
I think I now what you mean. It might depends on the cut and general style you are going for. If you generally wear more lose cuts sizing down would obviously be more of an option. However, I think mainly the waist is the limiting factor for this.
I have had many different IH pairs and cuts over the years but all of them more on the slimish side. Every time I tried sizing down it didn‘t work. Even if the waist still worked, other areas were just too tight and uncomfortable. Those areas such as thighs and knees just won‘t stretch as much with wear to make it wearable in the long run. IH is so different from „regular“ jeans. Even the lighter fabrics (14oz) are very rigid and less forgiving to make a too tight fit work. -
@don_pipone said in Random questions to which you seek an answer:
I have had many different IH pairs and cuts over the years but all of them more on the slimish side. Every time I tried sizing down it didn‘t work. Even if the waist still worked, other areas were just too tight and uncomfortable. Those areas such as thighs and knees just won‘t stretch as much with wear to make it wearable in the long run. IH is so different from „regular“ jeans. Even the lighter fabrics (14oz) are very rigid and less forgiving to make a too tight fit work.
Achso, good to know. I thought I could get away with something because I could definitely go with losing an inch in the waist, but it's true that I can't afford for my knees to get so much tighter. I was hoping it wouldn't be the case, because I feel like the sizes available are so much more specific and incremental than other brands, for example there are plenty of brands which only carry every other size, which makes things more drastic. Guess I will just have to wait for something else to come up on the market.
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@mitzimeow IH jeans are handmade, meaning no pair is alike and measurements might differ in certain areas to make a different size still work for you. If it was an extant model still available regularly at IH you can always ask the IH crew to check for a specific pair that might suits your specific needs/measurements. Going second hand is always a gamble. You could still ask the seller to measure the pair tho.
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@mitzimeow. I am assuming your jeans are the 21oz and I say assuming because the 106 is unfamiliar to me. If thats the case the 21oz is not known for fading with high contrast.. Thats is more 25oz, UHR or 19L territory. In addition if you are washing in often it will naturally fade more uniformly.
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@yannis Oh wow, very interesting. Yeah, they are deffo 21oz, but I've never known about the fading properties of the material. Cool to confirm! The cut is amazing, so the lack of contrast is ok by me at the end of the day. In a perfect world, though........
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@SKT it did not: https://forum.ironheart.co.uk//post/950063
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@SKT honestly, there are days that it’s hard to keep up with all of the new posts. Get a few days behind and it’s almost impossible…I know that occasionally I run across a post and can’t figure out the same thing.
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@Tago-Mago good question, I could be in Germany right now drinking beer, fishing in Portugal drinking wine and beer, or as I spent my morning at the dentist office.
My priorities are clearly not in line…
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@Boggzy17 I’m sorry, but they are not rare: https://forum.ironheart.co.uk/topic/8806/ih-634s-21l-ind-21oz-left-hand-twill-selvedge-denim-straight-cut-indigo?_=1776535192079
Edit: I guess it depends on your definition of unicorn.
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@goosehd said in Random questions to which you seek an answer:
I guess it depends on your definition of unicorn.
We made a few 100.....
Status over time.