12/2015 I'm updating this to say I will be ordering a 1-1/4" wide brown belt from Dangerous Threads because you could just beat the quality of the product. The one I have is, though she also large to wear comfortably with a belly like mine strong extremely flexible and stretchy I hope the new one in brown has the same qualities I will update this when I find out I love the quality of this belt and will definitely be ordering it again from Dangerous Threads but the 1 1/2" width was wider than I expected. I think I should have ordered 1 1/4.