Mitch Rosen makes an excellent, plain, sturdy belt. I use his 1 1/2" belt for daily wear and it has held up very well. $130 as I recall. For formal wear, I like an El Paso Saddlery fancy floral carved leather belt, the kind that is 1 1/2" mostly, but narrows to 3/4" in front where ya buckle it. Forget what I paid, but it is right up there. (Plus ya need a nice buckle with fancy carved belt, and that is some more bux, depending on how high end ya want to go.)