Italian luxury leather accessories brand, TES, has announced the limited edition of 500 alligator belts as part of its autumn-winter 2012 men’s collection being presented during the Paris Menswear Fashion Week.

The ‘Artigiano’ belt, the company says, is a homage to the ideal of the craftsman. “Every now and then I must remind myself that the belt was an object of absolute use, to hold up the pants of a man who was hard at work,” said Lorenzo Vaccari, TES founder and production director. With this in mind Mr Vaccari sourced raw Damascus steel tablets, that he then cut down to plates. Each plate is then attached by hand with four screws to a forged solid brass base.

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