No epaulette accents on this version :confused:
Also looking at the grain of the leather in the close-up shots, I don't think HH would have come to mind if I had to guess what it was.
It will be interesting to see if they continue selling the numbered jackets after being sold out due to returns, because if this is just a more expensive Hillside with Black Stallion/Legendary branding, I wouldn't be surprised if a chunk of them are sent back.
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On a side note, when it...
The IG montage
It is the same jacket as the Facebook photo from the other day.
From a design perspective, what stands out immediately is that the epaulettes don't have the metal accents on them. A bummer if that is representative of the final build.
I get that this isn't a 1-1 reproduction...
And they still have what appears to be the Hillside D-pocket on their homepage and their socials.
There is an earlier reply ITT where someone posted side-by-side pics and it appears to literally be the Hillside jacket, but they tweaked the brightness. The creases are identical on both.
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Product SKU is 696HH.
This, along with a line about their partner being an experienced maker of motorcycle jackets out of Jersey, is what led to the original belief it was Schott.
The line was removed, but the SKU is the same.
I'm pretty sure they are based in Jersey (as am I), so if it came down to it, I would not hesitate in name-dropping the NJ Consumer Fraud Act if that is what it would take to get them to adhere to their own listed policy.
TBH the whole using two different jackets from two different brands to...
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Like many of you, for years I’ve coveted the Black Stallion. When I received the email about the jacket relaunching, I was pretty excited. I hesitated for a few days on...
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