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Don't Buy, DIY! Burberry Prorsum Warrior Belt
I know the studded Burberry Prorsum Harlech Studded Warrior Belt has been around for awhile (since Spring 2008, to be exact).

But the studded stretchy belt is still so on-trend for Fall '09...and the edgy, punky look is both bold and glamorous.

Now it's the unique studs that make this piece - and since despite searching high and low I could not find anything even slightly similar to the diamond-shaped beauties, I settled to create a diamond pattern with 1/4" pyramid studs procured from Studsandspikes.com. ($3.03 for 100 studs is a fricckin' fabulous deal.)

Posted by carlyjcais from Portland, Oregon, United States • Published 15th November 2009 • See carlyjcais's 60 projects »

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Step 1
1. Fold one end of the vinyl belting over the parachute buckle connection tab, secure with Loctite glue (I folded under about 1/2", and used a clothespin to keep the belting pressed together until the glue had dried).
Step 2
2. Wrap the belting around your waist or where you want to wear your belt, fold around the other connection tab of the parachute buckle. Open up the buckle, trim your belting to have 1/2" underlap, and glue the underlap together.
Step 3
3. Now stud! Using an awl, open a hole in the center of your belting on either side of your buckle. (I used sharp scissors when I did this project...and believe me, they are the worst thing to use to open holes to push your studs through!! I figured since the studs' prongs were flat points, then I should make a slit in the vinyl. WRONG! Use an awl or something to make a ROUND HOLE - and s-t-r-e-t-c-h that vinyl around the prong as you force the stud into the material. Once you fold the prongs over on the wrong side of your belt, the stud will sit properly on the material...whereas if you opened a slit and not a hole in the vinyl, the stud will be loose and the vinyl will "pull" away from the stud resulting in a visible gap. Very bad.) Spread glue on the back of 2 buttons, and push a button through each hole on either side of the buckle.
Step 4
4. Now estimate the spacing of your embellishments all the way around your belt. (You may have to mark where you want them with chalk or a pen.) Set your stud groupings next to your buttons and keep alternating between embellishments until you've covered the whole outside of the belt.
Step 5
5. To make sure your buttons are DOUBLY secure, thread a jumpring (as large as you got, doesn't matter what color) through each shank on the wrong side of the belting. Now they should not be able to pull back through their holes, and, like mine, rain down in a trail upon 6th avenue as I hurried to the Bryant Park Tents last Fashion Week.
Step 6
6. BONUS POINTS: If you're worried about all the studs' prongs and button shanks catching on your finer garments on the inside of the belt, glue a strip of fabric (I used poly satin lining) on the inside.
Step 7
You're done!

Happy DIY'ing!
xoxo
Carly