I bought this item new but then I lost weight and dropped from a Large to a Medium. I have a huge collection of Ralph Lauren items in Large that I will be posting over time, as well as a large number of Medium items that were meant as replacement items but didn't work out for whatever reason. This one is for the collectors out there. This belt was super hard to find when it came out and I finally found one right before I lost weight. To me, the RLX line was better when RL was making stuff like this. It's a deep black. Hate to see this one go. I have a busy law practice so please forgive any delays in responding or shipping items out.