{"product_id":"black-ridge-texture-vegetable-tanned-etched-hollow-oval-belt","title":"Black Ridge Texture Vegetable Tanned Etched Hollow Oval Belt","description":"\u003cp\u003eSome designs deserve a second chapter. This black vertical cut vegetable tanned leather — first loved in 2009 for its distinctive linear surface and supple, beautifully conditioned depth — is one of them. And today it is joined by a buckle returning from its own hiatus, last seen around 2016 and missed ever since.\u003cbr\u003eTogether they make a compelling case for the archive.\u003cbr\u003eThe buckle is one of those designs that rewards the question — simple or not simple? The answer, satisfyingly, is both. A smooth, softly rounded oval outer frame in aged gold creates a clean, uninterrupted border that sits against the vertical cut leather with an almost meditative calm — that smooth surface acting as a deliberate pause between the linear texture of the leather and the richly worked inner edge of the frame. And that inner edge is where things get genuinely interesting: a deeply cast, organic texture running the full interior border of the oval, its surface somewhere between bark and rock and the natural world at its most elemental.\u003cbr\u003eThe open centre frames the black leather below like a window — the vertical cuts visible within the oval, the belt breathing through the buckle in the way that only an open frame design allows. It takes the visual weight entirely out of the piece, giving something of real substance an almost airy quality that I find endlessly pleasing. Is that a contradiction? Perhaps. But the best things often are.\u003cbr\u003eThe aged gold warms the deep black leather beautifully — the two sitting in a rich, considered contrast that feels both classic and completely contemporary.\u003cbr\u003eHandcrafted in our Spanish atelier, this is a belt worth the wait.\u003cbr\u003eHow to wear it: The black leather and aged gold make this one of the most versatile belts in the collection — equally at home with dark denim and a relaxed shirt as with tailored black trousers and a blazer. A belt that works from weekend to evening without missing a beat.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Elliot Rhodes","offers":[{"title":"Black","offer_id":57670514311542,"sku":"X048 664F","price":175.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0610\/3731\/4247\/files\/X048664F_1.jpg?v=1776333884","url":"https:\/\/elliotrhodes.com\/products\/black-ridge-texture-vegetable-tanned-etched-hollow-oval-belt","provider":"Elliot Rhodes Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}