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Revisiting Old Classics - Should We/Shouldn't We?

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    Giles
    IHUK Crew
    Joined: 22 Sept 2009

    Someone made a good point the other day.  All of the early shirts only went up to XL.  So does not matter hard you look, you won't find the larger sizes…..

    "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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      Giles
      IHUK Crew
      Joined: 22 Sept 2009

      I really, really, really want a 1969 sand cast Honda CB750, there were about 7,500 made and they basically heralded the age of the superbike, do I care that Honda have subsequently made a further 550,000 CB750's?

      "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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        organisys
        Raw and Unwashed
        Joined: 24 Mar 2015

        @Seul:

        @thewickett:

        I think, as we've seen in the past few years, we can have a balance between remakes and new H classics.

        Backed.

        I guess reruns are only going to be worthwhile if there is sufficient perceived demand. Even then it might not be as fun for H to be rerunning rather that dreaming up and getting new items through the production process?

        Pride of Japan :-)

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          Giles
          IHUK Crew
          Joined: 22 Sept 2009

          I think without doubt, there is demand.  But that does not mean we will rerun.

          "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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            Dion
            Joined: 15 Mar 2015

            What about just doing a similiar run but with updated and tweaked pattern, cut, colour and design. So there is always something new to look forward to and the old masterpieces stay unique.

            I personally like both ideas of an item staying extinct or being rerun whereas I would slightly go for letting items rest in peace. Why? Then there's room for creativity and something new. I found it a bit boring to see the heavily limited runs of UHFs in Buffalo patterns only btw…

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              Anesthetist
              見習いボス
              Joined: 14 May 2011

              I'm all for a line of IronHeart staples like the hickory stripes, denim shirts, etc. but I want future legends. I want fresh fabrics in the traditional cuts that complement the best damn heavy denim out there. Recycling old shirts reminds me of the American auto industry…Challenger...Charger...Dart...Camaro...let em rest and keep working hard to strike up new concepts.

              IG: bluehandsslim

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                Appfaff
                Raw and Unwashed
                Joined: 11 Oct 2013

                My grandpa has had this early 1990's Porsche Carerra 4 ever since I was a little kid. It's super special to him, fun to drive, and now, it is essentially irreplaceable - to the point that people will pay 10x what he originally paid for it. They Live in Indiana and sadly from about November to March, there is no way he could think about driving it.. nor does he want to for that matter.

                For driving around town and for year round driving, he leases Acura sedans - nothing crazy special, but he likes what they offer. He gets a new model every 3 years and drives the hell out of them while he has them. Luckily for him, Acura keeps making the same cars year after year and they keep getting better. Better electronics, better handling, better leather for the seats, etc…

                The same can be said about IH.  We all need those staple items - the IHSH-13, the 21s, the 07 and the 62 to wear every week and when we want a new one, we can grab one without waiting very long every once and a while H will find a new gauge of thread, a new way to make the color better, or perhaps the factory will make a change we get to experience something special because of i, even with the continually produced items.

                Porsche will never bring back the old air cooled engines, simply because technology has improved so much that they know how to make things more efficiently now. Luckily for the younger generation, those of us that are nostalgic about things such as driving around in your grandpas convertible, or seeing old photos of Peterrock in a badass IH Flannel - We can relive that nostalgia with the recent renditions of these classics - both Carerras and UHFs.

                Just my 2 cents.

                Back to scheduled programming.

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                  732fraziea
                  Joined: 12 Jan 2016

                  @Nomad:

                  I came late to the party, so of course i'd like to see some re runs of the sought after pieces, they must be good if people are still talking about them, so why wouldn't I want one? and besides, surely there are only so many good colour/pattern combinations you can design before you re visit the classics.

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                    732fraziea
                    Joined: 12 Jan 2016

                    @Chris:

                    It's clothing, not Fabrege eggs.  The value is in the quality, not the rarity.  If remaking an old item will make customers happy, then remake it.  I don't care if it's a deadstock IHSH-35 or one fresh off the factory floor, I just want one.

                    The customer base even five years ago was different and smaller than it is now.  Hell, for that matter, Giles was running IHUK by himself out of his basement, and now it's expanded and relocated a couple of times and has four full time workers (and yes, I know I'm being generous to count Giles as a "worker").  So the analysis of which things to make extant then was different than it is now, and an item like the IHSH-20 that everyone gets all wobbly kneed about might never have stopped production if it were introduced in 2015 instead of 2010.

                    Bottom line, I don't think there's any reason for any item to ever stay extinct, other than it being physically impossible to remake.

                    I agree

                    Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N910A using Tapatalk

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                      Dion
                      Joined: 15 Mar 2015

                      Very well written, Appfaff!

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                        Seul
                        Joined: 24 Nov 2009

                        Great: now I want an old Porsche.

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                          Maynard Friedman
                          Joined: 3 Jan 2013

                          I only want things that are so rare they haven't ever come into existence.

                          Alternatively I only want to see a re-run of something I missed out on first time around but NOTHING ELSE!

                          Or perhaps I just want a re-run of everything now that my mum has finally let me choose my own clothes.

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                            Finn666
                            Joined: 20 Jan 2011

                            finally i came along to read the whole thread (which was created by @Chris btw.) and have to say that @bushmonkey @Clint_D @Anesthetist is where it´s at imo…

                            still i would love to know and hear what @madmonday @PETEROCK1 @DrPat @Daveo @Jestre have to say about this!?

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                              madmonday
                              Raw and Unwashed
                              Joined: 13 Oct 2009

                              @Chris is a good mod despite his choice in avatars, hahahaha

                              @Finn666 I've nothing but love for you; however, I am sitting this discussion out.

                              head high, middle finger higher

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                                Finn666
                                Joined: 20 Jan 2011

                                @madmonday i think i know why 😉 …thanks for getting back to brother.

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                                  georgeel
                                  Joined: 27 Feb 2011

                                  Don't throw away your forces digging in the Oldies & Goldies cemetery!
                                  BUT
                                  I deeply respect all the mf who have different opinions, of course…

                                  IH-888S-142OD

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                                    Appfaff
                                    Raw and Unwashed
                                    Joined: 11 Oct 2013

                                    @den213:

                                    Very well written, Appfaff!

                                    Thanks!  I enjoy seeing the classics remade, but in different ways - make the red 51 a work shirt, turn the brown 38 into a western, heck - turn the MKII into a single pocket oxford cut… it let's us relive the past while still moving into the future.

                                    @Seul:

                                    Great: now I want an old Porsche.

                                    If only… http://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/dealer/porsche/911/1807858.html - old school cool, right here.

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                                      Megatron1505
                                      見習いボス
                                      Joined: 10 Jul 2011

                                      Old is the new new  😞

                                      Made in England, clothed in Japan, fed in America and drunk in Belgium !

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                                        Finn666
                                        Joined: 20 Jan 2011

                                        ^we talking bout shirts and flannels here Gav! -.- @Megatron1505 …hahaha 😉

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                                          Megatron1505
                                          見習いボス
                                          Joined: 10 Jul 2011

                                          That and my creaking joints  😠

                                          Made in England, clothed in Japan, fed in America and drunk in Belgium !

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