Newsday, Aug. 24,2015 Teacher Makeover

Featuring Center Teacher in Superhero belt by Oliver Green!

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D-Vine D Ring Belts by Oliver Green

By Peter Davis (Peter was born and raised in New York and was the Features Director of The Daily Mini/Fashion Week Daily. His articles on style, celebrities and society scandals have been published in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Vanity Fair, The Daily Beast, Paper, Vogue and Elle Decor.)

I grew up wearing "ribbon belts" or "D" belts (for the D shaped belt clasp). Mine were usually embroidered with whales or nautical flags or some preppy symbol, but now designer Sandra Oles has launched Oliver Green which have amped up the preppy staple to new heights of hip. I'm obsessed with the bold black and white floral design and the snakeskin print. So why the name Oliver Green? "I was driving to upstate NY one afternoon and came up with the name," Oles tells me. "I said aloud, Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren, and Oliver Green. The name has a certain cache to it, a feeling, almost like an English tailor. It can go wherever I want to go with the line: rock and roll, bohemian, or preppy -- like me."

 

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