This category contains all items of belts for both men and women, braces, suspenders, belt buckles, spats or boot and shoe covers, boot straps, shoe clips and other similar items.
- If a product states it is able to be ordered yet shows out of stock, please ask us how long before new stock arrives, as these items DO move quickly. We can hold backorder items for you if you contact us in time to preorder. We do reserve a nominal amount to offer in our store, so backordering is also limited by this.
- Educate yourself on buying items in this category by reading the wiki articles provided at the bottom of the page. This information may prove invaluable!
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Vintage Carved Bone Chain Belt
Studio Artist Vintage Starr Beads Provides Eclectic and Vintage Finds This is a handmade silvertone loop chain and bone medallion belt or necklace ( looks great either way) that I bought in Spain in 1977. It was my college senior class trip, the wine was great, and he was a cute and starving street artisan. Ah, memories. It is 30" long and hooks anywhere along the length. The bone medallion is 2" x 2 1/2". I have no idea of the species and wasn't much interested at the time. Each loop is 1" x 1/2" and is very sturdy. Description and Images courtesy of the Artist Estylissimo. Copyright status belongs to the artist, including the design.  $21.00
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Vintage Retro reversable colour Belt
Studio Artist Vintage Starr Beads Provides Eclectic and Vintage Finds This belt is 42" long. there is a lobster catch and you can attach it anywhere on the chain. It can be a necklace or a belt. The 6 hearts are pink on one side and they are red on the other. very sparkley!!! Shiny white metal, never used. the hearts are 1 1/2" wide by 1 1/4" wide. It makes a great CHOKER. maybe for the QUEEN of HEARTS! Great Costume accessory or perfect for the retro vintage lover. Very versatile Description and Images courtesy of the Studio Vintage Starr Beads. Copyright status belongs to the artist, including the design. $22.00
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What Wiki Has to Say about Belts, Shoe Clips and Spats....
A belt is a flexible band or strap, typically made of leather or heavy cloth, and worn around the waist. A belt supports trousers or other articles of clothing, and it serves for style and decoration. Belts have been documented for male clothing since the Bronze Age. Both sexes used them off and on, depending on the current fashion. In the western world, belts were more common for men, with the exception of the early Middle Ages, late 17th century Mantua, and skirt/blouse combinations between 1900 and 1910. Art Nouveau belt buckles are now collector's items.
In modern times, men started wearing belts in the 1920s, as trouser waists fell to a lower line. Before the 1920s, belts served mostly a decorative purpose, and were associated with the military. Today it is common for men to wear a belt with their trousers.
Styles of Belts
Since the mid 1990s, the practice of sagging has been popular at times among young men and boys. This fashion trend consists of wearing the trousers very low on the hips, often exposing the underwear and buttocks of the wearer. This urban style, which has roots tracing to prison gangs[1] and the prohibition of belts in prison (due to their use as weapons and devices for suicide) has remained popular into the 21st century, particularly among pubescent boys. A belt may or may not be worn with this style - if a belt is used, it is cinched tightly at the mid-buttock region, with the effect that the trousers of the wearer are being held up by genitalia underneath. Many public schools now enforce belt-wearing, often only for the male population, and requiring the belts to be worn tightly at waist level with a tucked-in shirt.
The obi is traditionally part of a Japanese kimono
Costume| A common sight in fantasy and roleplaying characters is the excessive use of belts in all different sizes on one's person. Usually they are used either for securing clothing and armor, but others just have several belts around the arms, legs, neck, waist, hips, and across the breasts for decoration. Sometimes they are used in place of eyepatches or to decorate weapons. This was also common in superhero costume design of the early 1990s.
A studded belt is typically made of leather or similar materials, and is decorated with metal studs. Studded belts are often a part of punk, emo/scene, skater, Goth and metal fashion.
A breast belt is a belt worn by women that holds their breasts up, making them appear larger or more prominent underneath clothing. It is worn generally above or on the stomach but just beneath the breasts.
A spat is a type of classic shoe accessory covering the instep and ankle. Spats were primarily worn in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
In Japan, the term "spats" refers to leggings.
Michael Jackson wore spats in the video for and performances of "Smooth Criminal" and for the performances of Dangerous and history tour.
The film Some Like It Hot has a character named 'Spats' due to his fashion for wearing them.
In Doctor Who, the Sixth Doctor, played by Colin Baker, wore orange spats as part of his garish outfit.
