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    How we are coping as a business during the Covid-19 Pandemic

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    • jordanscollectedJ
      jordanscollected
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      “Great shirt and/or jacket man, where can I score one?!!!!”

      You can’t, there’s only one

      world tours:
      888 Fat guy chocolate WT
      Mad Red x2
      Wabidashery

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      • louisboscoL
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        @Giles:

        That is what used to happen….......

        This year for FW2020, we asked Haraki to make us a complete set of samples that we could keep here.  That way, we could have more time to take photos etc and make a really good look-book (which, now won't happen, unfortunately).

        The samples cost us USD7,000, so either me and Alex are going to be sporting a shit load of lovely stuff, or we'll sell them to recoup the outlay.....

        huh.. for some reason i thought some photos were posted from NYC earlier this year in jan and if there was ever a selvedge run this year too? sigh, if only some the samples were made in smaller sizes..  😛 😛

        "Loyalty is a two way street. If i'm asking for it from you, then you're getting it from me."

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        • GilesG
          Giles
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          There were some 'informal" photos published from those shows, but that is about it….

          "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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          • jock1624J
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            How about something like this below but in a 32oz left hand twill ?

            https://bravestarselvage.com/products/the-ltd-edition-cone-selvage-denim-face-mask

            Bit cheeky of me i know …

            Stay safe and sane all of you .

            Cheers

            Mirthing my way through life.

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            • scooterS
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              @jock1624:

              How about something like this below but in a 32oz left hand twill ?

              https://bravestarselvage.com/products/the-ltd-edition-cone-selvage-denim-face-mask

              Bit cheeky of me i know …

              Stay safe and sane all of you .

              Cheers

              While, one might think, putting forth the effort to make a mask is within the realm of possibility, the creation of a whole new denim for it (32oz, no less) is definitely not. It's been well documented, the XHS(25oz) is as heavy as H-san is willing to go.

              Edit: Having said that, I think even the XHS would be overkill.

              Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.

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              • neph93N
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                I don’t think left hand twill meets industry standards for blocking aerosol particles. Because skewing and chin twist [emoji847]

                «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
                We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

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                • jock1624J
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                  Think of the fades though ….

                  Mirthing my way through life.

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                  • neph93N
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                    Sick nose fades are the best…. oh, wait [emoji15][emoji40]

                    «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
                    We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

                    • Dame Vera Lynn
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                    • gaseousclayG
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                      @jock1624:

                      https://bravestarselvage.com/products/the-ltd-edition-cone-selvage-denim-face-mask

                      Interesting. There’s tons of companies now making masks, which is great to hear. At some point I’m going to need a backup pair

                      Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

                      WTB:
                      IHSH-129 size L (blue)
                      IHSH-19

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                      • GilesG
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                        @gaseousclay:

                        Interesting. There’s tons of companies now making masks

                        Wouldn't you want to get into this market now?

                        "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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                        • jock1624J
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                          Are you in Giles ? 32oz !

                          Mirthing my way through life.

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                          • jock1624J
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                            I will happily test a few samples if you produce them sir !

                            Mirthing my way through life.

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                            • GilesG
                              Giles
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                              No I am not, that's why I did not reply…

                              "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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                              • Alex_24A
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                                @Giles:

                                Any chance of getting some of these masks from Good Art?

                                https://www.goodart.com/collections/recent-adds/products/good-art-mask

                                … and these Covid Relief rubber biscuits?

                                https://www.goodart.com/collections/recent-adds/products/covid-relief-rubber-biscuit

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                                • GilesG
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                                  Nope, I'll leave this to them to do themselves, It's their gig and a lovely thing to do.  Sorry….

                                  "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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                                  • Alex_24A
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                                    Ok, all good. No worries. Thanks for the reply.

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                                    • GilesG
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                                      Without wanting to state the bleeding obvious, these are times that are presenting challenges that we are all having to work out how to cope with.  We have fallen into a pretty good routine and, credit to the whole crew, we are managing to muddle along.

                                      So far we have managed not to furlough anyone (shame, I was top of the list @Madame Buttonfly and @Alex  drew up  🙂 ).  We are really keen that our customer service and speedy shipping do not suffer, I am strongly of the opinion that on the "other side" the companies that looked after their customers well during the crisis will be rewarded with increased customer loyalty.

                                      On a daily basis this is how we are running things, @Alex , @AdamJ and @AdamC deal with all inbound and outbound shipping.  I am the hemming and pimping bitch.  @Steve and @Sam predominantly work from home, they come into the office to take studio pics when they have to, but everything else (photo editing, newsletter creation, new product creation etc) they do from home.  @Chesson @Graham also work from home, they deal with order queries, website queries, live chat etc etc, much of what we do when answering questions does require us to physically check and measure stuff, but they do all the initial grunt work and then hand the stuff they can't do from home to the guys in the office, this allows the shipping team to do just that, with fewer interruptions.  @Chesson is actually in the office today, doing repairs that are too difficult for me to attempt.  And everyone is mucking in with website maintenance and updates, all doing what's needed - even when well outside the scope of their "normal" roles.

                                      @Madame Buttonfly mainly works from home, dealing with the mountains of administrative crap that trying to extract a loan out of the government "backed" scheme entails.  We believe we will get a confirmation for the loan in the next few days, our accountants can't believe that we've managed it this quickly, all credit to Paula for dealing with the day to day minutiae that would drive the rest of us mad.  She also sorts our all inbound and outbound payments, bookkeeping, VAT returns etc etc.

                                      Website sales are holding up which is amazing, thank you all who are supporting us.

                                      And thanks to Haraki and the .jp crew for being amazingly flexible and to the whole UK crew for just getting on with it…

                                      "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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                                      • AdamJA
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                                        @Giles:

                                        Website sales are holding up which is amazing, thank you all who are supporting us.

                                        +1 , thanks to everyone for your continued support and nice messages when sending in emails. You're not a bad bunch

                                        The devil is in the detail..

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                                        • louisboscoL
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                                          it's lovely hearing a detailed update from you guys! thanks!  🙂

                                          "Loyalty is a two way street. If i'm asking for it from you, then you're getting it from me."

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                                          • S
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                                            Well done everybody. Great to read such a positive post.

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