I was in the market for a new belt after when 3 years my cheap box store belt finally failed.  Reviewing the offers online with Amazon, I selected this Perry Ellis offering of a split leather belt at a price that was twice the price of my previous purchase. Perry Ellis has had a good reputation of providing quality men's products over the years.  I ordered this split leather belt.  Split leather belts are usually made with two layers of leathers.  The top layer is a fine quality leather that is polished and dressed as the face of the belt.  The bottom layer is a lessor quality material that is usually stronger and is designed to do the work of holding the belt together under stress. These materials usually of equal thickness are sewn  together to form the belt.  In belts of lessor quality the dressed layer is thinner then the bottom layer.  This belt's dressed layer was literally paper thin.  It started to rub off within days of wearing and after two weeks area under the belt buckle was gone.  This belt should only be sold in the dollar store and priced at $1.00.