Iron Heart Products - What do you think we should make?

[Bill C]

@Matt:

Hawaiian shirt.  With some indigo palm trees or some motorcycle engines or skulls or something else rad.

This would work well in the “Guardian Bell” IHSH-173 fabric. Or the IHSH-112 Paisley fabric. Why I didn’t buy these shirts I’ll never know 

[Oaktavia]

@Giles:

The material of the 7.5oz is amazing, but the variance in sizing we experience with the 7.5's causes us massive issues.  We had to send about 80% of the last batch back to Japan (after we had shipped them to retailers and customers and paid for shipping both ways plus shipping back to Japan)…..

I have noticed this with all of my 7.5oz shirts but the ones that do fit nicely are the best shirts I've ever worn. I'm happy to have a few that fit that way. Just would love to have at least twice the amount I have now. Bummer there are variance in sizing issues.

[EdH]

A baseball jersey? (if it isn't too athleisure…?) IH would make a fucking great baseball jersey I reckon, and it would have a fantastic fake-team mascot embroidered on it.

Something like this but, you know, saying "Iron Heart" on the front, a cool logo on the back, and overengineered as usual:

[neph93]

I like @EdH  I like a lot. But do it in heavy cotton.

[Nik]

Or in a Fox and Sons wool

[neph93]

I have the IHV-24 cordura type III vest. Love it. How about a full cordura type III? The combination of sharp technical material and iconic mid 20th century workwear would be perfect. Black is great but brown/tan would be awesome balls.

[LewisStonehouse]

@Alex:

We're investigating doing a line of embroidered products, actually.

This would be sweet AF. This guy is incredible if you wanted to commission embroidery on a limited edition range https://instagram.com/g_miglietta?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

[Alex]

That may or may not be the guy we are talking to…

[Giles]

You sound just like your father…

[Kasi]

After all father like son

[Oaktavia]

Has this been suggested: indigo/indigo slub or indigo/black slub? I think I read overdyed slub was a future thing.

Or any indigo/indigo bottoms of any variety coming up?

[Jett129]

I think that it's been established that there will be a 21OZ Indigo/Indigo for the Anniversary. Someone correct me if I'm misinformed.

[Oaktavia]

Oh that would be awesome…is that something that would only be offered in person? Via the 20 av party?

[Kasi]

Yes then they go online after along with all core cuts done

[Jett129]

In light of the current production issues,I’m not sure if the Anniversary Party is a timeline reality for these jeans. This is just purely speculation on my part,as I have no inside information.

[Kasi]

Giles told me…

[LewisStonehouse]

@Alex:

That may or may not be the guy we are talking to…

[Giles]

The plan is we release approx 100 pairs of the anny 634S cut at the party - they will be made out of regular 21oz.  Then as soon as we can, but it is likely to be next year, we release more 6345 and all the other core cuts in larger quantities.

It is not an ideal scenario, but we are working with what we have.

Most of our meetings in Japan last week were spent focussing on production issues in the mills and workshops and discussing ways to fix/work around them.

We think we have some workable solutions that should ease the pain by early 2023.

One of the impacts of the issues we have been facing is that we have been unable to take on more retailers (of which we have a long queue) for about 9 months.  It's pointless bringing on new retailers when we cant supply them a decent range of product, and what we do supply takes it away from existing retailers and pisses them off.  We think we should be able to start again for the FW23 collection.

[Daniel San]

@Giles
so if I understand it right, no anniversary jeans online ? Only at the party ? right ?
good to know, so I can plan my budget 

[Giles]

Any of the jeans left after the party will go online.  Then obviously, when we get the balance of the 634 and the 4 other cuts in 2023, they will be available online….