{"product_id":"clay-tone-narrow-mock-ostrich-textured-prong-belt","title":"Clay Tone Narrow Mock Ostrich Textured Prong Belt","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere are combinations that you arrive at logically, and combinations that you arrive at by instinct and then spend time justifying afterwards. This is firmly the latter — and I think it's all the better for it.\u003cbr\u003eThe leather is mock ostrich in a warm clay tone, but describing it simply as clay doesn't quite do it justice. The finish has a clouded, almost weathered quality — the colour isn't solid, it fades and shifts across the surface in a way that feels entirely organic and unhurried. The darker quill dots punctuate this softly shifting ground with their own rhythm, adding contrast and that immediately recognisable ostrich character without ever feeling heavy. It's a leather that looks like it's been somewhere.\u003cbr\u003eThe buckle is where things get interesting. We chose a rust effect finish — that deep, warm iron tone — and I'll admit it raised an eyebrow or two when I first suggested it. But against the cloudy clay leather and the darker quills, it just works. The slightly irregular, organic quality of the rust finish finds a natural kinship with the imperfect, faded character of the leather. And the diamond texture covering the buckle surface adds another layer of connection — a geometric pattern that echoes, however loosely, the dotted quill rhythm of the ostrich below. Whether that reads as deliberate or simply as two good things finding each other rather depends on how closely you're looking.\u003cbr\u003eAt 30mm this is a narrow, elegant belt — light, understated, and perfect for the kinds of days when everything should feel a little easier.\u003cbr\u003eHandcrafted in our small Spanish atelier, where belts are still made one at a time by people who care deeply about getting it right.\u003cbr\u003eHow to wear it: Made for summer — linen trousers, cotton chinos, light denim. The clay tone works beautifully with white, ecru, sand and olive. A belt for the kind of days that deserve something a little out of the ordinary.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Elliot Rhodes","offers":[{"title":"Clay","offer_id":57670509789558,"sku":"V954 329F","price":165.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0610\/3731\/4247\/files\/V954329F_1.jpg?v=1776168206","url":"https:\/\/elliotrhodes.com\/products\/clay-tone-narrow-mock-ostrich-textured-prong-belt","provider":"Elliot Rhodes Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}