{"product_id":"tan-criss-cross-vegetable-tanned-dimple-hammered-frame-belt","title":"Tan Criss Cross Vegetable Tanned Dimple Hammered Frame Belt","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere are combinations that work for reasons you can explain, and combinations that work for reasons you can only feel. This is one of the latter — and I think that is precisely what makes it so compelling.\u003cbr\u003eThe warm, supple vegetable tanned leather with its distinctive etched line surface and rich orangey tan tone is a leather of genuine character — the cross-hatched pattern pressed into its face giving it an organic, almost hand-drawn quality that no two belts will replicate identically. And the new hammered square buckle in aged gold — its slightly irregular outline, the gently undulating frame that refuses to be quite perfectly square — seems to speak the same language. Maybe it is the shared unevenness, the sense that both leather and buckle have been shaped by hand rather than machine, that makes the pairing feel so entirely natural. Or maybe it is simply that some things just belong together and the best you can do is trust the instinct.\u003cbr\u003eThe aged gold finish deepens the warmth of the tan leather beautifully — the two settling into the same rich, earthy register with a mellow harmony that feels completely unhurried. The open frame of the buckle lets the etched leather breathe through the centre, adding yet another layer to a combination that rewards every closer look.\u003cbr\u003eHandcrafted in our Spanish atelier, this is a belt I find myself returning to — and I am still not entirely sure I can tell you exactly why. Perhaps that is the best recommendation of all.\u003cbr\u003eHow to wear it: Made for the casual end of the wardrobe — denim, chinos, moleskin — where the warm tan and aged gold feel completely at home. A belt that improves with age, wear, and the stories it accumulates along the way.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Elliot Rhodes","offers":[{"title":"Tan","offer_id":57670513492342,"sku":"X047 669T","price":170.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0610\/3731\/4247\/files\/X047669T_1.jpg?v=1776181527","url":"https:\/\/elliotrhodes.com\/products\/tan-criss-cross-vegetable-tanned-dimple-hammered-frame-belt","provider":"Elliot Rhodes Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}