Turning eBay Antiques into High-Fashion Belt Buckles

When Jason Ross, a designer and founder of the accessories label Artemas Quibble, was commissioned to design a belt for a magazine shoot styled by George Cortina, he started by looking on eBay. Ross knew it was for a GQ cover shoot, but not that it was for the October 2019 issue that would feature Brad Pitt — he only finds out his belts have made it when the issues come out. Cortina’s team only told him what was on the shoot’s moodboards: something 1950s, maybe military-inspire