Nicely pleased with this belt-dark brown is rich but not shiny -these belts are matte but nicely colored- the smaller belt on top of the larger gives it a real unique look-very stylish and great for casual -jeans or thin corduroys- its an even better price-this place does a really good job-I will be purchasing the 1 and 1/4 (slightly more narrow) and more-ADDITIONAL COMMENT ON SIZE- another poster on here says buy up a size- depends -this belt is stiff by nature so I don't really like doing an elongated overlap with this so I think just a couple of notches in is just fine and easiest considering that its a double belt- I recommend staying with your true size as I went up a size and find its a bit large- stay with your true size-just my opinion