I bought this belt in early April partly because of the Dockers brand. Within 1 week a piece of very thin leather was torn in a braid. This caused the tissue to unravel a little each day. The band is designed as a bonded leather strap that supports the braid, so it wasn't entirely useless. However, without the braid for support, the middle strap also wore out and actually broke in half at the point where the strap was buckled in late July. It just came from wearing a belt, nothing out of theβ¦