Random questions to which you seek an answer

[Stuart.T]

@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…

[Max Power]

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

[Giles]

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

[TSG]

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

[Giles]

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

[TSG]

So Giles, you are in Gosport, with Adam. Love that ferry!

[Giles]

Have been for 14 years…..

[Steffen]

…with Adams and other charming people 

[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.

[Giles]

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

[AdamJ]

@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!

[TSG]

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

[TSG]

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

[Giles]

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

[neph93]

@Giles:

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

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

[TSG]

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!

[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?

[gaseousclay]

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

[mclaincausey]

That one I can answer in the negative.

[Giles]

@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….