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Iron Heart Fall/Winter 2025 Collection Preview - Now Live

There's no Such Thing as a Stupid Question

Some Really Boring (but useful) and Some Really Interesting Stuff!
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    Giles
    IHUK Crew
    Joined: 22 Sept 2009

    It's a facile construct promulgated by Nudies and Levi's. Call me old-fashioned but my mum taught me to wash shit when it got dirty or smelt, I still do that. Having said that, I do try and delay the first wash for as long as possible to set combs etc. Not washing will give you high contrast fades but will also mess with the structural integrity of the constructional stitching and the denim itself.

    "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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      T4920
      見習いボス
      @Denman John
      Joined: 27 Apr 2022

      @Denman-John I used to be this way inclined (less so nowadays) but I got into denim around 2008 when the guy at my local store told me not to wash my jeans for 6 months when I purchased a pair of Edwins. He drew my attention to his faded jeans and explained the whole idea of fading and creating a unique piece of 'wearable art' and I thought it was cool as hell.

      Went and joined some denim forums and follow related accounts in the early days of Instagram and everyone seemed to subscribe to this 'wash as little as possible' mantra, so I followed suit and spent ten years of my life in stinky, dirty, but incredibly faded jeans 😆

      It wasn't until joining this forum that I realised that people still had amazing looking jeans when they washed them more regularly, so I relaxed my dogmatic views on washing and started to appreciate the fabrics themselves rather than how drastically they were faded.

      “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.”

      last edited by T4920 2 Oct 2024, 08:16 10 Feb 2024, 08:13 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 6
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        Denman John
        Haraki san Prodigy
        Joined: 27 Dec 2023

        @Giles & @T4920 Thanks so much for your insight and wisdom ~ much appreciated!

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          Denman John
          Haraki san Prodigy
          Joined: 27 Dec 2023

          Next question … indigo transfer. I’ve had some indigo transfer from my jeans to boots and white shirts. Is there a way to stop this indigo transfer from happening, or do we wear it like a badge of honour? For reference, the jeans haven’t been washed yet … will it stop once they are washed?

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            T4920
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            @Denman John
            Joined: 27 Apr 2022

            @Denman-John in my experience, usually takes 2/3 washes for it to stop completely.

            Can also depends on the way the jeans have been dyed and wether they have been pre-washed.

            “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.”

            last edited by T4920 2 Nov 2024, 07:44 11 Feb 2024, 07:09 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
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              Giles
              IHUK Crew
              Joined: 22 Sept 2009

              No way to stop it from happening with unwashed or lightly washed denim. As @T4920 says, it will lessen with time and the number of washes. Rope-dyed denim fades because the oxidised indigo is abraded from the fabric, that stuff has to go somewhere 🙂

              "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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                Crispy Heron
                Haraki san Prodigy
                Joined: 1 Jan 2021

                A genuine question and not a whinge.

                Why is there a different in price between a IH work shirt, western shirt and CPO. I note that the new SS24 collection has the IHSH-380 12 oz dobby cloth coming in at around £278 whereas the CPO is around £80 more.

                What dictates the difference in price? Amount of material used, time taken to make them and the craftsmanship involved, etc? Or all of the above?

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                  Giles
                  IHUK Crew
                  @Crispy Heron
                  Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                  @Crispy-Heron said in There's no Such Thing as a Stupid Question:

                  Or all of the above?

                  Yes. CPOs are more complicated and use more fabric to make than Westerns which are more complicated and use more fabric to make than work shirts.

                  "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

                  last edited by Giles 2 Nov 2024, 09:39 11 Feb 2024, 09:37 C 1 Reply Last reply 11 Feb 2024, 09:47 Reply Quote 0
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                    Crispy Heron
                    Haraki san Prodigy
                    @Giles
                    Joined: 1 Jan 2021

                    @Giles - thanks. Makes sense. And now I know

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                      Matt
                      見習いボス
                      Joined: 4 Oct 2011

                      …which are more complicated and use more fabric than tube tops so I’m not sure why we don’t see more of those.

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                        popvulture
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                        Joined: 2 Oct 2018

                        IH-TUB-BLK

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

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                          Matt
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                          I’m getting my summer tummy ready as we speak.

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                            popvulture
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                            Joined: 2 Oct 2018

                            hot dad summer

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

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                              goosehd
                              Mod Squad
                              Joined: 8 Apr 2016

                              Only if you can rock the “thug latte” tattoo on your stomach!

                              Tupac for life. 🙂

                              "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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                                Matt
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                                Joined: 4 Oct 2011

                                Smug Life

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                                  goosehd
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                                  Joined: 8 Apr 2016

                                  West coast!!!

                                  "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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                                    goosehd
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                                    …because there ain’t no party, like a west coast party, cause a west coast party don’t stop.

                                    "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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                                      Matt
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                                      I’m over the West Coast. People out here don’t think right.

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                                        Matt
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                                        Joined: 4 Oct 2011

                                        I can barely remember what it feels like to have existential dread or unnamed anxiety anymore.

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                                          goosehd
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                                          Joined: 8 Apr 2016

                                          Wait until the Canadians invade and take over the US…oh wait we do every winter.

                                          …and I’m sorry!

                                          "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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