This is a single piece of leather with a small piece of leather sewn on in the buckle area. A leather patch closes what appears to be a metal plate with two protruding hooks. I had to bend the outer hook at a sharper angle to fully hook the second hole, which was easy enough. The brown belt is a very dark wine color, almost black. I would like it to be tan because at first glance it looks like I'm wearing my brown shoes with a black belt which is said to be going out of style.