The Classic Unbelt

I wanted an all-purpose belt that is adjustable for pants with different rises, and can be both invisible under a thin top and stylish enough to do a French tuck with the belt hardware showing. That's asking a LOT from one belt, but this one pretty much delivers! Some women seem to have body shapes that hold jeans up perfectly without a belt, but that's not me and I really despise the saggy bum look and feel that happens when I don't wear a belt. I have narrowish hips and when I have some extra pounds it's on my tummy, not my hips. This belt makes all my pants fit better (to the extent that's possible while trying to battle weight gain during lockdown in a global pandemic - ugh). I bought the olive green with gold hardware and I really like it. I'm super picky about colors and agonized over whether this was the right choice, but this colorway looks great with blue, white and black denim and the neutrals I usually wear, as well as my occasional colors like blues, red and one lilac sweater, ha. Sometimes it does double over when I'm sitting for a while, but it still looks good and does the job. It's easy to adjust, even after I've put it through the loops of my pants. It's a little hard to remove from a pair of pants once you have taken them off, that is my one complaint. The interlocking loop belts that are near-invisible are easier to pull right out of your waistband. This one sits more flush than those belts though, so the I do appreciate that the hardware is as slim as it can possibly be, making it really undetectable under clothing. The closure is functional and easy to operate, stays closed exactly as it should. Supposedly you can wash this right in your pants, but I never do that because it's the only belt I wear anymore. Once it was misplaced in the waistband of a pair of jeans at the bottom of my laundry pile for like two weeks and I COULD NOT EVEN with life because I needed this belt!