Iron Heart Products - What do you think we should make?
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@manufc10 you're right, there's no doubt that American workwear is a big part of IH and wabash is certainly from that time period. I think the difference is what they do with it.
Compare IH westerns to MF westerns for example. MF cuts are more flamboyant and stylised. The IH style and cut is much less vintage and retro.
The way IH use wabash is on designs that are more rooted in 20th century designs (painters pants, work pants, work shirts etc).
Agreed, which is why other than the exception of one or two other brands IH westerns are the only westerns I will wear.
Being born and raised in the southwestern US I never thought I would wear a Western shirt. I guess it's just because you are exposed to them from day one as you have actual real life cowboys/ranchers/farmers out here that wear them so it was never associated with a more urban/streetwear/workwear style. So if someone wore one who wasn't a cowboy, rancher, or farmer then it just came across as very costume like.
To your point though these are more flamboyant and stylised "traditional" type western shirts I'm referring to and the way IH blends them into their style (specifically with the UHF's) it works and can definitely be pulled off with confidence in a more streetwear or workwear type style. It's also more common today to see others wear a western when I'm out and about in an urban environment and it's not uncommon to see skate brands or other more streetwear associated brands release western styled shirts.
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I never thought I would wear a Western shirt. I guess it's just because you are exposed to them from day one as you have actual real life cowboys/ranchers/farmers out here that wear them so it was never associated with a more urban/streetwear/workwear style. So if someone wore one who wasn't a cowboy, rancher, or farmer then it just came across as very costume like.
As a Texas resident, this is exactly why I'm not generally willing to wear a western shirt. It's not helped by the fact that I often wear cowboy boots, so I'm borderline costume as it is.
The exception (there's always an exception, right?) is the IHSH-62-BLK. I love the Wabash in black, and I think this may be my favorite IH shirt.
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That black Wabash is killer, totally agree.
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I'd say IH westerns aren't Old West, they're more like "Outlaw Country" and recall the styles of the 1970s more than the 1870s.
Hickory stripe and wabash (and for that matter, denim itself, chambray, etc) are all vintage textiles, but to echo what was said upthread, what Haraki-san does with those textiles doesn't recall the Old West or turn of the century workwear, at least not to me. I could be wrong, but I don't envision cowboys wearing snap shirts. I see them wearing cotton long-sleeved shirts, often with bloused sleeves, bibs, banded collars, etc–indeed, Mister Freedom style stuff. I'm sure a cowboy in Montana would have loved a UHF snap shirt, but I don't believe anything like that would have been available.
In my view, Iron Heart recalls items from the 1950s-1970s most of all, using textiles and patterns that often originate well before those eras.
The one exception to all that is the vests. They look much older to my eye. And then there are occasional one-off exceptions like chore coats.
$0.02
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I am constantly searching for the perfect CPO for springtime. I don’t especially like wearing double denim so my 76 sits out if I’m wearing jeans, and my 105 sits out if it’s a kinda formal occasion. My 187 is great in hot climates, but not Amazing for cold weather.
Finally, I was wearing my IHSH-158 the other day and my wife mentioned how much she liked it.
So it hit me:
Medium Grey CPO (salt and pepper but darker grey and lighter grey heathering instead of grey / black) made out of the Ultra Heavy Jersey material lined with lightweight blue chambray.
Bonus Points: Since it’s lined, internal phone pocket
White or Black HD snaps instead of Brass.
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There is an indigo work jacket coming up soon however.
What? When? How? I've held off buying a Stevenson's Overalls chore coat in the hope of hearing this! The only thing better would be a chore coat in heavy duck canvas
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A chore coat in duck would be my dream.
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A chore coat in duck would be my dream.
There is an indigo work jacket coming up soon however.
What? When? How? I've held off buying a Stevenson's Overalls chore coat in the hope of hearing this! The only thing better would be a chore coat in heavy duck canvas
Please note I wrote “work jacket”, not chore coat or chore jacket.
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Not to interrupt the real threads going on here. I have this thing about the WWII Lockheed P-38 Lightening, which I think is about the coolest plane ever designed. I found this photo of P-38 pilots wearing a khaki that would be so so cool in an IH fabric. If I could have khakis cut like this in IH, just whoa. It's not the replica thing or nostalgia thing, it's the cut I like, just sayin'.
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@neph93 I was saying that randomly, in a non-sequitur type of way; however, now that you say it, I've never heard of a work jacket. Is that something like carhartt would make? I always picture chore coats as something similar with pockets near the waist.
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This is a work jacket in Iron Heart World:
https://www.ironheart.co.uk/jackets/ihj-61.html
This is a chore coat/jacket:
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And I could be wrong, but I think every chore coat IH has made ended up on clearance. I suspect that they're not eager to do another.
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Got it. Love chore coats but that makes sense. It seems all my favorite iron heart products aren't that popular overall. Love my type 1 & 2 but those don't seem as popular. C'est la vie.
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Weren’t all the chore coats unlined ones?
A blanket lined duck chore coat would be pretty awesome. With a cord collar.
All a alpaca lined one with the same collar
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Weren’t all the chore coats unlined ones?
There was a 21oz denim blanket lined one. The IH-531 I think…
EDIT: Forget it, I was thinking of the IH-528 and/or the IH-534, both of which are 21oz and blanket lined, neither of which are chore coats...
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Weren’t all the chore coats unlined ones?
A blanket lined duck chore coat would be pretty awesome. With a cord collar.
All a alpaca lined one with the same collar
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I love the sound of this. With the liner, and cord collar, it may qualify more as a barn coat, though. Which, I would be all-in for.
