Of course Girlawhirl has no intention of a simple case of style subterfuge. It would be too easy – and quite frankly too much of a strain on her budget – to just purchase the Sonia Rykiel belt that Mrs. Obama owns. Instead, she's found a crafty way to create her own one-of-a-kind version.

It starts with the clear belt itself. Once Girlawhirl was able to find it online, it turns out that it's not really all that expensive: $9.99 at LuxuryDivas.com. For the buckle, she found a pretty red antique Bakelite buckle in a local second hand shop. All kinds of buckles are available at fabric, knitting and craft supply stores, and online AcmeNotions.com has some antique Bakelite options.

It really was that simple – she snapped the clear belt around her buckle, trimmed the end with scissors – the clear rubber belt comes in one size, 46.5” long – and she was finished. Her antique belt buckle doesn't allow for holes, so Girlawhirl didn't have to make them, but if she had needed to, all she would have done was poke them through the rubber with a good sized nail and hammer.

Find more clear belts at thefind.com.

Editor's Note: The clear rubber belt above comes with holes punched at the end, but we cut that part of the belt off to create a smaller belt, since it was 46.5" long.  Also note that the clear rubber shows finger prints - the cleaner we use to keep our computer screens shiny works great to polish the belt!