The menswear department is still too small and has very little selection, but it did have some belts. I've needed a new belt for some time, having had to buy my last one in an emergency after inadvertantly leaving my perfectly serviceable one in an X-ray tray at Stanstead Airport. The replacement belt, while very good as belts go, was two inches too long and tended to flap around a bit. A replacement was therefore in order.
It's quite hard to find a shop selling a leather belt that isn't in some way branded. I don't want a famous designer name on my belts, or some kind of ornate buckle that looks like it's intended for use as a medieval weapon. I just want a plain belt with a plain buckle. So does everyone else, apparently, so they're never in stock.
This being a new store, though, they did have some belts in stock. I bought one. It's exactly the right length, too.
I like my belts to be black because black goes with everything. The belt I bought turned out to be reversible, though. If you want a brown belt, you just pull and twist the buckle and hey presto! Now it's a brown belt.
Yes, well, the mechanism for reversal works just fine, only when you do reverse it this is what you see:
No, the writing is not entirely covered by the part of the belt that goes through the buckle.
I don't think I shall be reversing it for actual use.