Because Sharil Asked: WWNW?

After yesterday's post detailing what Julie was going to wear to tonight's Neiman Marcus charity party, Sharil asked me in the comments section why there were no photos of what I was going to wear . . . uhm, okay. You asked for it.

So in Sharil's honor, I'm posting the first ever edition of WWNW ("What Would Nathan Wear?") -- and try not to fall asleep y'all! There isn't anything nearly so grand as the previous entry's Prada booties or Fallon spiked cuff, but you can at least feign the scintillation.

First things first: the shirt and trousers are your basic black Prada, because Prada makes really good clothing items for men that are functional, classic and attractive without going over the top about it . . . well, Miuccia Prada actually does go over the top with a number of items in her men's collections, but when you ignore her more experimental (i.e. godawful) designs and stick to her basic offerings, she's hard to beat.

But rather than go with a black blazer or suit jacket, I opted for a midnight blue Dolce & Gabbana blazer that I found on sale for 70% off at Mario's (god bless the slowing economy, just this once!), then snagged a skinny black Dries Van Noten tie from Barney's:

There's just the one singular design at the center of the tie, so it speaks quite softly while still ensuring the tiniest bit of a double take (should anyone be looking my way, which is highly unlikely considering the two women I'll be with).

And I'm debating about whether to do a quiet, classic belt, or turn up the volume a notch with this belt buckle from Virgins Saints & Angels:

I'll undoubtedly go quiet and classic, but if the mood hits me just before I walk out the door, the VSA belt buckle is coming with!

The shoes are not the usual black dress shoe, but rather a dressed-up casual boot-style loafer from John Varvatos -- with a kind of blue-grey wash over black leather, the better to accent the color of the blazer, of course (what? you thought that might not have been intentional?):

Men's shoes really do lack the grace and flow of the beautiful heels that women have available. Granted, I have less than zero desire to wear the skyscrapers that Louise and Julie regularly strap to their feet, but their shoes certainly make for a much more dramatic focal point than my virtually flat Kansas landscape of a shoe-boot.

My nod to the sparkle and shine part of the program (beyond the belt buckle) will be the titanium and steel TB Buti watch the BF gave me as a gift about four years ago:

I also have a thick, silver Bill Wall U-Joint bracelet I picked up the year we lived in Santa Monica, and I love it for its heavy, over-the-top masculine attitude, but it's fairly beat up from years of regular wear and I'm thinking it might not suit the occasion, or even the rest of what I'm wearing.

It's a toss up, but I kind of like the idea of bringing Bill Wall along with me to a Black Tie party.

And there you go, Sharil . . . a short tour through the land of WWNW. I wish I could provide a few more visual fireworks of my own, but I'll have the fireworks of Julie and Louise hanging off my arms to keep things bright, and maybe the happy company of the women I love is all the accessorizing a man could ever ask for.