Seven years tonight we launched our company on Kickstarter. 176 lovely people bought 176 pairs of trousers in 5hrs. So we quit our jobs and started a trouser company. Thanks for all the support - it’s got legs.
When you understand the process of how something's made, then you know the value. We are HebTroCo and our stuff is Being Made Right Now all over the UK.
Hey
@BBCRadMac
can I get a firework for brant and Ed from
@hebtroco
who are on the train out of Piccadilly to Edale and are off to walk up Kinder Scout to raise money for Calm
@theCALMzone
- we’re glad they’ve got their big coats on.
“a call came in from a chap from Hebden Bridge who makes jeans. We arranged to meet in a layby off the M62 on Saddleworth Moor. There, as the last of the wintry sun set over Oldham, I dropped my Wrangler’s and donned these jeans, which fitted perfectly.”
The news is full of stories about manufacturers leaving the UK. Where are the good news stories about businesses like ours who are working hard to keep Britain manufacturing? Come on journalists we have an incredible story to tell. Get in touch.
Every day we get phone calls from national parcel companies pitching for our business. But fuck those guys. We ship from our local post office, because it’s what we do.
Swedish made to last. Sean called into our shop yesterday in his 26 year old Saab 900. 200,000 miles plus & going strong. Walnut dash & thinking man’s exhaust note all part of the magic.
Twitter Exclusive. We are making a white shirt. Ideal for work, weddings, funerals, court appearances or whatever. Launching Friday. There’s a light blue one and a greyish one too. Linen mix. Lovely.
Our Action Blanket was a funny thing we launched for a laugh that’s turned out to be our best seller of the year and has saved us from Coronavirus financial ruin.
@robmanuel
@fesshole
We have yet to have a negative response from it. Which either means all our customers are cool as fuck, or nobody notices we sponsor it 🤷🏻♂️😭😂
2 years ago today we launched our Kickstarter campaign. Raise a glass with us tonight at the
@shipleytriangle
where we have a pop up & charity auction. The journey goes on.
✊🏼🇬🇧👖😊
High praise for The Undeclared War from the legendary “hacker”
@cybergibbons
who once broke our central heating by realising an exploit which someone, um, exploited.
Whenever anyone emails and says they're reaching out to me, I hyperlink their text to a video of the Four Tops in my reply. No one has ever commented. I hate working in marketing.
So town flooded. It’s bad. Mytholmroyd down the valley looks like it got it even worse. We’ll recover. Shipping tomorrow (if the post office is open which it might not be)
It's FIVE YEARS since we sold 176 pairs of trousers for £95 a time. We've never had a sale, but to celebrate, we're selling our GVNR Canvas jeans for our Kickstarter Promo Price. From 4:20pm until 9:30pm. Tonight only with code FIVETODAY at checkout.