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Distress signals
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Distress signals

By Cool Mom Team
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I know I am not alone in saying that boys belts tend to fall into two camps: Ridiculously dorky or super ridiculously dorky. The selection out there is enough to make mamas wish for a return to suspenders. And then I saw the distressed leather belt for kids from Wonderboy at CMP fave Arte Bebe and I thought yeah! Totally!

At $36 it's not completely exorbitant, and you're getting a real leather belt with a substantial buckle that will look cool over any pair of jeans. Or really, make any pair of jeans look cool.

Psst...I bet it would be adorable on a little girl too. -Liz

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