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    • Stuart.TS
      Stuart.T
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      @Giles:

      @Stuart.T:

      I remember reading the advice of a stylist once, and it is apparently an industry view that when pairing tops and bottoms, the top should always be lighter in colour than the bottoms,

      That's probably why black leather jackets never caught on….

      It was probably in the 1990s, and probably Carol Franklyn, and she was probably wearing a white denim tux at the time. Jeff Banks on the other hand…

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      • Max PowerM
        Max Power
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        Will there be a release schedule for the spring / summer stuff? Or does it already exist and I didn't find it?

        @elclintor:

        > I don't care what people say.. The Max Power way is the right way…

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        • GilesG
          Giles
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          There will be.  We need to get updated dates from Japan

          "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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          • T
            TSG
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            Hi Giles, this is TSG in Japan. Where are you based? In Gosport, Japan, the US or …..where are you.

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            • GilesG
              Giles
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              Our products are made in Japan, we run the International operations from Gosport in the UK and have a US based website.

              https://www.ironheart.co.uk/content/about-iron-heart

              "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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              • T
                TSG
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                So Giles, you are in Gosport, with Adam. Love that ferry!

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                • GilesG
                  Giles
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                  Have been for 14 years…..

                  "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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                  • S
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                    …with Adams and other charming people  😉

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                    • T
                      TSG
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                      Yes, a lot of Adams over there! You are all lucky guys (and girls?) working with such great products. It amazes me that Gosport is the home of IH UK, I lived in Alverstoke for many years, and we never had anything like IH in Gosport before. A real backwater! Times change. Keep up the good work.

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                      • GilesG
                        Giles
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                        It still is a backwater, that's why we like it…..

                        You needed one of these:

                        https://www.ironheart.co.uk/extinct/iht-3004.html

                        or

                        https://www.ironheart.co.uk/extinct/ih-gt.html

                        "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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                          @TSG:

                          Yes, a lot of Adams over there! You are all lucky guys (and girls?) working with such great products. It amazes me that Gosport is the home of IH UK, I lived in Alverstoke for many years, and we never had anything like IH in Gosport before. A real backwater! Times change. Keep up the good work.

                          I have lived in Alverstoke for 24 years so you can only believe my luck when I found IH only 2 minutes down the road!

                          The devil is in the detail..

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                          • T
                            TSG
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                            You are lucky! I live in Japan now…. a few thousand miles away. But the online shop is terrific.

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                            • T
                              TSG
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                              Wow Giles, so Gosport is now the coolest backwater in the UK. Love those T-shirts, pity they are extinct!

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                              • GilesG
                                Giles
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                                The other day Rachel from Good Art sent an email to a potential customer (which she cc'd to us) saying. "We have retailers in London, Paris, Gosport and Vienna"

                                PRICELESS

                                "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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                                • neph93N
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                                  @Giles:

                                  «We have retailers in London, Paris, Gosport and Vienna"

                                  That, or some IH tailored version, needs to be on a t-shirt/sticker.

                                  “Some of those that work forces
                                  Are the same that burn crosses”

                                  • Virginia Woolf
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                                  • T
                                    TSG
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                                    I am a fan of Tintin, have been since I was a kid. I live near a small town in Japan called Maebashi. There are only three Tintin shops in Japan, Tokyo, Kyoto and …....Maebashi. Kind of similar. I was shocked to find that shop when I arrived here twenty years ago!

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                                    • mclaincauseyM
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                                      I've heard a lot about RHT versus LHT over the years, but I've never understood: why is the warp typically under more tension in LHT than RHT? Why wouldn't it simply be a reversal of the twilling with no discernible difference other than the direction of the twill?

                                      Think it, be it.

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                                      • gaseousclayG
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                                        And speaking of twills, has IH ever done a broken twill denim?

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

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                                        • mclaincauseyM
                                          mclaincausey
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                                          That one I can answer in the negative.

                                          Think it, be it.

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                                          • GilesG
                                            Giles
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                                            @mclaincausey:

                                            I've heard a lot about RHT versus LHT over the years, but I've never understood: why is the warp typically under more tension in LHT than RHT? Why wouldn't it simply be a reversal of the twilling with no discernible difference other than the direction of the twill?

                                            Because in LHT, the process of weaving tightens the spun yarn as it weaves, in a RHT the process of weaving loosens the tension in the spun yarn - typically the warp and the weft yarns are spun (twisted) in the same direction.  Does that make sense?  I can provide more data when I'm not in bed and have the relevant books to hand….

                                            "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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