IHSH-56 Westpoint Western Shirt
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I've tried it. You get bollocks data. If there is no fiscal penalty for "committing", every man and his dog has a vote, especially when it is anonymous, Even when I got people to complete a form which includes their email address, the data is still suspect. Additionally we do not have specific and accurate sizing data until after the production run is completed, by then it is too late.
Believe me, I have sat up until the small hours on many a night trying to figure out how to do this.
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i don't think it should be on a commitment to buy, i just think it should be on commitment of love and the person's size, for example the khaki would have gone off the chart in the XL sizes which you would have been forewarned about and the users left their emails perhaps you could double firm it up before ordering your numbers. Here check out this site you can list the questions how you like I use it. http://kissinsights.com/
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I've done something similar in the past, because I wanted to stop this happening…
http://ironheart.wufoo.eu/forms/ihd01-raw-and-overdyed/
If it is not a commitment to buy, then everyone has a vote just in case…...
And honestly this is the biggest issue. I ask for numbers and I get 10 x L and 30 x XL and 5 x XXL indicated as being needed, so that is what I order. We get the sizing wrong, which unfortunately does happen (IHSH-46 was a size to small), so I actually get made 5 x M, 30 x L and 5 x XL. Now I'm in deep shit...
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Giles- This seems like a situation that you can try to manage but never completely control. Slight variations in sizing have me between L and XL in IH shirts. I have (I think) 3 XLs and 2 Larges and I can never be sure until the sizing chart comes out. For me, this is mostly a shoulder measurement issue. I probably would have purchased an XL in the khaki version of this shirt, but I bet I would have voted for a Large before knowing the actual sizes.
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The point is, we don't know with perfect accuracy what size the production run will be. If we did, I'd publish sizing ages before they were complete and even take pre-orders. It does not matter if it is tag size or actual size, if it's wrong it's wrong….
Look at it this way, if the item gets sold out, that creates more "want" I guess you could say. Like for me, I've been searching for a 37 since the day I joined the site, still searching.
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I'm not stellar at math, but I am pretty good at managing data (it's my day job). With the assumption/fact that you can't predict accurately what the final size will be, you should have a pretty good history of sales and "pre-orders" at this point to construct some trends. For instance, when the size is X and the chest width is Y1 and/or arm length is Y2 I sell Z units. Compare that factor across all the combinations and you might begin to see the ebb and flow.
You might also be able to get a sense of how your products are changing over time and use that as a predictor of what will show up at your doorstep next season. You're not going to account for what happened with the 56, but you might be able to tell that your XLs are trending smaller than they had in the past.
It actually seems like a pretty fun project…
Then again, if you can figure out why I'm a 31 in everything jeans (except the 666 OD), and apply that to shirts, you've got it made
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i'm real curious about the material, i'm happy all the xl khaki's are gone. that was my favorite from the gate
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thanks for the description of the fabric dave. much appreciated, & it actually eases my anxiety & lusting after this shirt.
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I had huge expectations when reading about this shirt, I mean, I look forward to every new IHSH. Today this one arrived in two colours, ivory and kaki.
How was it?
It was beyond belief. It was unreal. Perfect colours, perfect fit, perfect fabric.
I think the sizing will be no issue to most. I use L in most IHSH and have a few XL. I was immediately sure the L was the right size when trying. It's short, but in a good way, arms do not seem short at all.
