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Aero Highwayman...contrasting stitching?

JanSolo

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Olive looks great on black! I have to agree with Edward. I've seen quite a number of Aero MC jackets that were either brown or black FQHH and had olive drab contrast stitching...they all looked great. A very subtle detail.

Also it's historically accurate since many wartime flightjackets were stitched in olive drab, dark sage or dark caramel colour.

Olive stitching on seal goatskin halfbelt:

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Off-white or cream would look incredibly cheap and "mall jacket"-like. Such a top stitch colour would ruin even the best jacket for me.
The contrast is too strong escpecially since Aero uses 3-ply gauge 30 thread which is quite thick and well visible.
 
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