Favorites Series: Belts - Topic of the day 9/1/24
In a pro-pants community like mfad, belts may hold a special place in ones' heart. What are your favorite belts of all prcie points? What are your preferences of material, design, and color? What's your take on custom belt buckles? Do you even need a belt if your pants fit well enough? Feel free to share all your thoughts on belts here. The Favorites Series is part of a ~weekly recurring TOTD to replace/updated the 5 year old "Best X for $X" threads on r/mfa.
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i have a question here, how many belts do you guys have
i have 3
i have none but i desperately want a filorosso
how u have no belt
like chomping at the bit to order one
pant always fit yes?
pretty much
wow...
the only reason i’d wear a belt is if i needed one for style reasons or if something suddenly decides it doesn’t want to fit anymore (or i wanted to get something too wide for me at a thrift)
4 I actually wear, I have like 6 or 7 though
3 - boring reversible dress belt, more interesting black leather belt, braided brown belt
really would like a longer belt a la bishop or meat or smiles
I’m down to 1 at the moment
The last bastion of banana republic in my wardrobe
I have 2 but i'm eyeing a third (OL 2cm belt) for my wedding
(or the $70 COS knockoff of it)
they had this belt at the marc jacobs sale and i wanted it s obad but it didn't fit
i also mess w the extendo monitaly
my daily belt is the Marcel Everette box nail .925 belt which is very le edgey but honestly so nice
but these are my three
basketcase does a hairy belt i like, but they didnt have it at the popup :(
have this, its nice but its sized super weird
Trying to get a guy on etsy to reproduce the hed mayner elongated belt for me. He isn’t seeing the vision though :nooooo:
same, and +1 to weird sizing. I use it only for looks
i can use it as a real belt (I am rn)
Get him to make a regular belt but tell him your waist is 100”
but its just a little weird
but I need the holes at 90cm
oh wait i totally forgot i bought a new belt from Sugar Cane last week lmao
should arrive soon
lmaoo
true it has holes the full length doesn’t it
what else did you pick up with that belt? just wondering...
some pants perhaps
sick belt though i like it
I love belts ! I have a lot
Infinity military belt, BB Simon belt, 10+ Maximum Henry belts I made for myself during my time there
I feel naked without a belt even if my pants fit without one
10/10 need a visual break at all times
What are y'all's opinions on belt widths?
0 but I should resolve it (everything fits or has something to cinch)
Was very tempted by Pigeon Tree's dark olive belt last Friday
I want a long skinny belt
And or the our legacy belt or monitaly
My meermin dress belt is 1.375 in and my Narragansett belt is 1.5 in
I want a skinnier dress belt I think and there was a cool 1" sort of western belt I saw at a local cobbler
Variety is the spice of life, 0.75in up to 1.5in belts for me
Three, a slightly dressy brown belt, a rugged ancient dickies roughout belt and a skinny OL black western belt
I need to rich and bold enough to get one of those fancy tooled or woven western belts
Stuck between cowhide and leopard print belt
Not sure what to order
:nooooo:
I also want a long skinny belt with that ornate silver buckle but Im probably going to hem and haw until they are out of style :sunglas:
I picked up this Meermin belt in "rust" suede earlier this summer. It quickly became my most-worn one. Looks great with white and ecru pants.
https://eu.meermin.com/products/104135-rust-suede
Meermin Shoes
104135 - RUST SUEDE
Introducing our exclusive Rust Suede belt, expertly handcrafted with the same versatile suede found in our footwear collection. This unique suede is carefully sourced, ensuring a premium quality that stands out. Like all our belts, the strap boasts a width of 35mm and is meticulously lined with fully vegetable-tanned l
I have a couple of Narragansett leather belts that I love but hardly wear because I screwed up the sizing and they're a little too big.
RIP Orion Belts
Who’s making leopard belts rn
i have One belt and it's a standard black leather silver square buckle one
i have one more studded one but i only wear that once a month ish
la botte gardiane
under their custom options
intriguing
i just get web belts cuz they are dirt cheap
$1 for 3 belts
33 cent belts
are they made out of high hopes
sugarcane garrison belt ftw
well yeah, lowest bidder and all
I bought a vintage silver belt buckle and had it set onto a belt. I'm not sure I'd recommend that route to everyone looking for a western belt but it's an option to consider and if you want silver specifically it might end up cheaper.
I like slide belts since they are easy to adjust and replace once the strap wears out.
cow
🐮
not providing an explanation
right now i just have two popov belts but they're very chunky and rugged, i wanna cop some nicer thinner belts next
I got a lot of belts I like, but the one I’m wearing today is coolest to me/has the most sentimental value. 1980 Pendleton rodeo buckle from my grandpa, vintage Navajo belt I found antiquing in high school.
I like belts with small buckles because they are much easier on my hardware than large buckles. Cotton belts preferably but i have a leather one. The belt is kinda ornamental because my pants fit tightly that I don’t have to wear it but I still do because it’s what I’m supposed to do
insane belt
thank you. I wore it like every day for a year in high school so I got sick of it for a while, but it’s prolly one of the coolest things I own. Also the only thing that I’ve owned that long
legit one of the coolest belts ive ever seen
aww shucks
I got myself a vintage silver belt buckle off of ebay and ordered a buckle-less belt in my size to fit that one. Looking forward to assemble that today to have another nice belt.
I currently have 3 belts I actively use: A really plain dark brown 3,5cm belt (that I want to replace eventually) , a pseudo braided 2,5cm brown belt that i mounted a spare set of western belt buckles onto and a very plain brown one in 3cm.
I currently feel like a lot of my fits, especially in summer, are held back by a lack of accessories, so improving that is on my fashion agenda. Vintage belt buckle was step one.
I am looking to get a black skinny belt, bc some of my suit pants only admit 1' belts. I have another nice vintage buckle im eyeing for that. And then I want to get a wide belt in brown (either 3,5 or 4cm) that is more visually interesting than my current one. Either some kind of ranger Belt or one of these nice studded ones with a fun pattern that speaks to me..
Topic of the day influenced me into buying 2 belts yesterday :hawyee:
Which ones did you get?
I got 1-off black/brown reversible one for suiting purposes, plus 1 vintage black western one with some cool braiding detail!
Uhh! Nice braiding!
Ty! Wish it had a metal tip at the end as well, but never mind
I always liked the Bombay from Allen Edmonds, now discontinued. I had a black one that unfortunately is lost. I still have a walnut one.
