View Poll Results: Does your belt go through the left loop first or the right loop?

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  • I dont wear belts

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  • Im Squall and I wear two belts, one going each way

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    Default A good belting

    Do you put your belt through the belt loops going left or right?

    Also say if you're left or right handed so we can see if there is a corelation

    Im right handed and my belt goes through the left loop first
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    I'm right handed, & I stick it in the right side.

    Also, I think one of Squall's belts might be for his holster.

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    I'm a lefty. My belt goes through the left loops.

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    Left-handed, through the right side.

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    I don't wear belts. But if I did, it would go through the right and loop coming out through the left. Also I am left-handed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by noxious.sunshine View Post
    I'm a lefty. My belt goes through the left loops.
    Same here on both fronts. Never really occurred to me to put it in through the right.

    Left-handers unite!

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    Ironically, I think that there is supposed to be some gender correlation to this. A bit like how men's shirts have buttons on the right and women's on the left and jeans/trousers etc.

    A quick google search shows that I would be right in my suspicion. Apparently, Men would put their belt through the left belt loop first, fastening it from the right hand side. Women do it through the right and fasten from the left.

    The actual reason for this however is about as dumb as it gets in modern society. It goes back to the Victorian age where frankly buttons on your clothing were a little fancy (for women at least) most clothing especially for the lower classes would be laced up or simply not have any fasteners. As men were seen to be highly independent and most people are right handed men's clothing was designed with the buttons on the right hand side to make it easier to do up. This is where the belt thing comes from too, it is easier to fasten the belt from the right hand side for right handed people. As women of the station where you would see a lot of belts, buttons and buckles in clothing were generally higher up, they often had servants or slaves to help them dress. The buttons/fasteners were put on the left to be more comfortable for the person doing the fastening not the wearing. This is why women would "traditionally" wear their belt through the right belt loop first and fasten it on the left.

    Of course, times have moved on and the whole idea of why women's clothing still persists to have buttons on the left is peculiar as we don't have slaves or servants to dress women up now (unless you're a model in fashion season) which means that rightfully, it'd make more sense for women's clothing to have buttons on the right like men's clothing. However, I'm not going in to this issue because frankly I'll wind up with Miriel coming out of her Motherhood enforced semi-retirement to have a huge debate about feminism and what not which at 6am I could do without :P (love ya really Miriel, I just like messing with people1).

    On a personal note, I've always been raised to wear my belt through my left because it's the "gender correct way" despite being a lefty.

    As for the whole 2 belts thing, Squall's belts actually run the same way (which is gender specific to being a male) just that with the size and weight of a gunblade, you'd need at least 2 good belts to distribute the weight. He actually also wears technically 4 belts as neither of the red belts you see would actually hold his trousers up. So a third comes in to hold his trousers up and a 4th smaller belt is around his left thigh to hold spare ammo for the Revolver chamber.

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    came here for belto maxson, was not disappointed


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    I see no poll option for "either way, it doesn't matter". Because really. It can go either way, it doesn't matter.

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    Usually send it through the right left loops. Not that I wear belts too often these days. :3

    Oh, right handed. And I am good at L/R differentiation.

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    I send 'er round to the right. Right handed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pike View Post
    I see no poll option for "either way, it doesn't matter". Because really. It can go either way, it doesn't matter.
    What do you think this is? A Shion thread?
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    I'm right handed and use the left side belt loops around the the right.

    It's just how I've always done it.

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    It depends on the belt.

    If it is your normal belt with a normal buckle, it goes in the left so that the end flap points left.
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    If it is your standard two buckle belt, then it goes in the right so that the end flap points left.
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