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Post by giles on Jun 11, 2017 23:50:30 GMT -6
What the guys said. Trust our charts and measure like we do. Anything else will be like comparing apples with oranges.
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Post by giles on Jun 9, 2017 4:23:00 GMT -6
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Post by giles on Apr 17, 2017 11:23:01 GMT -6
We'll see if the Printed branding is removed or not once they land. I think I thought, like you, that it would be sufficiently camo'd not to notice, so I am fairly sure that I did not bother speccing "no print". But I will know for sure on Wednesday - or I could look back though my email orders, but can't be bothered, because I like surprises too.....
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Post by giles on Apr 12, 2017 11:04:07 GMT -6
On another note, Giles says they're working on some chambrays!!! Well, I have asked Tom san to source some chambrays for me and send me swatches. I have said that I don't need original IH fabric (the minimums for a chambray run are eye-wateringly large), so it depends what she can find that we think appropriate. If that's working on them, then yes we are....
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Post by giles on Apr 12, 2017 4:47:52 GMT -6
A few points:
1) Jake is wearing an IHSH-52
2) Haraki decided to restrict online sales in Japan with zero pressure from me. He did it for his own reasons. I was pretty shocked when he told me, and I did ask him if he was sure that he wanted to do it. He's 100% sure and totally happy with his decision.
3) Regarding international pricing - this is what I wrote on this forum last time there was a discussion about it:
"I can’t talk about pricing without expanding the discussion to include the greater business model. I have chosen to have a retail network. That decision has certain impacts, one of which is that retailers need to make a certain margin over wholesale to be viable. That margin varies between 2x and 5x in the clothing industry. My retailers are lucky to make much more than 2x, so they are already at the limit of what is acceptable. That means that I have to have a list price outside of Japan that enables me to sell at wholesale (and make a margin) but also enable my retailers to make the margins that they need to. So having a retail network in a way, forces the retail price to be what it is. But the simple alternative is that I have no retail network and 1,000’s of customers around the globe would not have actual physical access to product (then I’d probably take flak for not having any retailers). On a side note, I have dozens of potential retailers who stop talking to me when I tell them what the margins will be.
I have 3000 square foot of premises here, much of which is product storage, that costs. I have to ship product, pay import tax (12% on landed cost) and 20% VAT (I do get that back, but I have to pay it out initially and wait up to 3 months for a refund). I can’t under declare product cost when importing (and risk having my premises and stock impounded, because that is what happens if you are caught defrauding the Government), so everything is declared at true landed cost. We have 2* guys here, who spend the majority of their time shipping and interfacing with customers, literally some days both of then spend all day dealing with sizing and fit questions, I have to pay them a living wage.
Would I like to be able to sell this stuff for less that I do? Of course I would and whenever I can, I pass cost savings on as price reductions. But the simple truth is, I have to make a profit to continue doing what we do."
*Actually, we have 6 full time members of staff now.
4) There is zero "s'posed to" and no legal requirement to do so when it comes to refunding VAT to non EU customers. This is our position:
"We do not refund VAT I am afraid. We had a choice when determining our pricing policy either to price high and refund VAT for non European Union customers or price lower and not refund the VAT.
We decided on balance that having our retail price as low as possible and the same for all our customers worldwide was the simplest approach."
Giles
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Post by giles on Apr 18, 2016 10:33:18 GMT -6
The IHSH-142 and the IH-716 are the same fabric...
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Post by giles on Mar 7, 2016 10:35:06 GMT -6
Our charts are always as accurate as possible. We measure 2 of each size of each new delivery and average the 2. The UHF;s generally feel a little smaller because the fabric is so thick....
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Post by giles on Feb 26, 2016 2:00:51 GMT -6
I have been wanting to do a pullover denim shirt/jacket with buttons like that for some time. Levi's did an amazing one mid last century....
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Post by giles on Feb 26, 2016 1:04:55 GMT -6
Sorry, I did not read that in your comment....What sort of "other configuration" are you thinking of?
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Post by giles on Feb 25, 2016 17:34:28 GMT -6
IH seems to have a lot of redundancy in their line up. This looks very similar to the 33--which I've caught myself trying to put my hands in the nonexistent pockets (I got used to them with the 100) lol How can a true western and what is effectively a CPO be in anyway compared? They are totally different animals and we'll sell a lot of both....
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Post by giles on Feb 25, 2016 17:31:58 GMT -6
Not a big brass button on a shirt guy. And pockets on an 11-oz. "shirt" (too light to be called a shirt jac really) seems odd. Totally. You aint felt 11.5oz until you have felt IH 11.5oz.
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Post by giles on Feb 25, 2016 14:54:51 GMT -6
So fugly, I wish we had made twice as many as we had, these'll fly off the shelves... what will the inseam be? When they get here I will know....
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Post by giles on Feb 25, 2016 2:15:48 GMT -6
So fugly, I wish we had made twice as many as we had, these'll fly off the shelves...
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Post by giles on Feb 25, 2016 2:13:01 GMT -6
The 21 oz 634 and 634s (non-selvedge and selvedge, respectively) are said to be different denim. The selvedge 21 oz is their "signature", but does anyone have the non-selvedge 21 oz? How does it rate? Does it have the softness of the selvedge version? www.ironheart.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=8164.0
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Post by giles on Feb 25, 2016 2:10:07 GMT -6
What's the difference between the IHSH-127 and the IHSH-72? I'm sure giles can chime in on this but there have been several runs of buffalo check UHF's over the years (reds, greens, blues, etc..). The reason they haven't had the same product number is because they aren't the exact same fabric. Some had bigger or smaller checks, slightly different shaped pockets, a lighter or darker shade, and also slightly different measurements on some of the fits. To most people they would probably never notice a difference if you walked by them in a IHSH-20, 72, 109, or 127...but they aren't the exact same runs of fabric so they all have different product numbers. At least this is how I understand it. Correct. Plus some have different snaps and the last few iterations have been woven in a different mill. Same guy weaves it, but it's on a different loom...
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Post by giles on Feb 22, 2016 4:18:58 GMT -6
The Camp Shorts are not made from the same fabric as the IH-714 they are made out of some left over Swedish Serge we had after making these a couple of years ago Have you considered a run of non-cargo 714s? No, but I am sampling 14oz brown whipcord IH-816....
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Post by giles on Feb 22, 2016 2:12:01 GMT -6
The Camp Shorts are not made from the same fabric as the IH-714 they are made out of some left over Swedish Serge we had after making these a couple of years ago
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Post by giles on Feb 18, 2016 10:16:06 GMT -6
When you're freezing your nuts off in a wintry photo studio, the last thing you think of, is whether you can pull it off or not :-)
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Post by giles on Feb 18, 2016 9:43:53 GMT -6
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Post by giles on Feb 18, 2016 8:52:08 GMT -6
I had about 15 made, so they are pretty rare. Mine is actually not an IH version.....Haraki was in my office, saw it and asked me to get him a batch made.....
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Post by giles on Feb 18, 2016 8:34:14 GMT -6
I feel even better owning it because I can't find reference to anyone else with one. Sorry to piss on your parade......
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Post by giles on Feb 18, 2016 8:31:18 GMT -6
No
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Post by giles on Feb 17, 2016 23:32:54 GMT -6
Oh snap. IH just sent me an email with a code for 50 dollars off any item. Have to use it by the end of April though. Nice Any particular reason why you got it? Big spender, perhaps? These customer specific codes are being given out to customers who spent a certain amount with IHUK in 2015. The number of codes issued to an individual is based on that customers total spend in 2015. It is a small gesture of appreciation and thanks to our regular customers and is not linked to forum membership. BTW - As each email and code is specific to a particular customer and is a manual process (until we get a proper automated customer loyalty scheme implemented), it is taking some time to issue these and the exercise is ongoing.
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Post by giles on Feb 7, 2016 22:01:09 GMT -6
If it made economic sense to do it, we would. As I said, we don't sell enough XXXL's to justify throwing money away making larger sizes still. If the demand was there, believe me, we would make them. When I mooted the idea of making the IH-526J (Type III), our most popular jacket, in XXXXL and XXXXXL to my retailers a few years ago, I got zero interest. Zero demand from retailers tells me all I need to know....Sorry
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Post by giles on Feb 7, 2016 20:41:09 GMT -6
When we do a run of shirts, we usually get left with XS and XXXL, I am afraid the demand for sizes smaller and larger than this is just too small. If XXXL sold like crack, then I'd try XXXXL and if that sold like crack then I'd do XXXXXL, but they don't....
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