{"product_id":"powder-sky-genuine-python-turq-prong-belt","title":"Powder Sky Genuine Python Turq Prong Belt","description":"\u003cp\u003eHave you ever looked down at your waist and smiled? This belt will do that to you. There is something about the Powder Sky python — that shifting, shimmering journey from pale blue through vivid lime and teal — that simply makes people happy. It is the feeling of a perfect summer morning, the colours of a tropical shoreline, a little piece of somewhere wonderful that you get to carry with you every day. Trust me on this one.\u003cbr\u003eWe have been making belts for over twenty years, and in that time we have learned to spot a combination that is genuinely special. This is one of them. The aged silver oval buckle with its two marquise-cut turquoise cabochons was chosen for this skin because the turquoise picks up on the teal already living in the python with an accuracy that feels almost uncanny. There is a mildly western quality to the pairing that I find completely irresistible — but it wears its references lightly. This is not a costume. It is a beautifully considered belt that happens to carry a hint of something frontier and free.\u003cbr\u003ePython skin has a quality that no other material can match — the fine overlapping scales creating a surface of extraordinary complexity and beauty, shifting and shimmering as the light changes. At 40mm the full drama of the Powder Sky skin is on display, the pale blue ground giving way to vivid lime and teal in a way that feels entirely alive and entirely unrepeatable. Every belt is unique. This particular arrangement of colour and scale exists nowhere else in the world.\u003cbr\u003eThe aged silver oval buckle is the perfect frame for all of this — open, elegantly proportioned, its slightly worn finish giving it a warmth and character that new silver never has. The two turquoise cabochons sit at the top and bottom of the frame like punctuation marks, quietly brilliant against the silver and the python alike.\u003cbr\u003eThis belt works well for both men and women. With denim — dark or light — it brings a joyful, considered energy to the simplest of outfits. With summer linens or white cotton it feels genuinely special. For evenings, the shimmer of the python and the quiet glint of the cabochons do something lovely under warm light. Wear it and see what happens. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.\u003cbr\u003eWe make only a small number of these each season. When they are gone, that particular skin — with its particular sky, its particular colours — is gone with them.\u003cbr\u003eThese belts are made in our small Italian atelier, where the art of working with exotic skins has been refined over generations. It is a discipline entirely its own — demanding a level of skill and patience that only comes with years of dedicated practice.\u003cbr\u003eA note on our exotic skins: all python used by Elliot Rhodes is sustainably sourced, imported and certified under CITES — the Washington Convention for the Protection of Species. Please note that python skin belts cannot be shipped outside of the UK due to permit requirements. If you are based outside the UK and are interested in this product, please contact us and we will do our best to help.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Elliot Rhodes","offers":[{"title":"Powder Sky","offer_id":57913463538038,"sku":"E667 762P","price":450.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0610\/3731\/4247\/files\/E667762P_2.jpg?v=1779880157","url":"https:\/\/elliotrhodes.com\/products\/powder-sky-genuine-python-turq-prong-belt","provider":"Elliot Rhodes Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}