Why it works

Gilded plating covers the frame with inlaid colour worked along the slide, and the gloves stay in pale leather with snakeskin panels. The pistol is the ornament and the gloves are the setting.

What it costs

With Tec-9 | Sultan in Factory New and Driver Gloves | Diamondback in Field-Tested, the set comes to $521. Driver Gloves | Diamondback is 99% of that, so it is the piece to budget around.