Thanks for the nice comments guy.
Yeah, I was pleased when I found brown leather straps, nice to have something a bit different. Unfortunately I did have a slight mishap with them when it came to pressing it....

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got a bit too close with the iron and they burnt! although they do look kind of cool, got a really nice aged look to them, but because all the other brown leather in the outfit is fine I'll replace them one of these day. Time didn't permit to before the wedding, but it was hardly noticeable on the day.