What is ‘Mob Wife Winter?’ Everything to know about TikTok’s controversial fashion trend

Wear leggings and faux furs just download to TikTok’s new mob wife trend.

The internet collectively earned its Ph.D. in Barbiecore and mastered the minimalism that is the vanilla girl aesthetic in 2023. No, it will be buried in the last year, TikTok’s fashion forecasters are confidentially striding do the mob wife eres — think bold, unapologetic and trimmings that evoke mob wife life. That is, of course, minus the life of crime.

On TikTok, hashtags related to aesthetic have prompted millions of views. So far, 25.7 million views have been attributed to #mobwifewinter and 61.9 million views to #mobwifeaesthetic.

«Clean girl is out, mob wife era is in,» Kayla Trivieri, or @ktrivz on TikTok, asserts the trend in a video. «This is just a vibe; Carmela Soprano walked so you b****** could run… Bold glamor is making a comeback.”

What is the ‘Mob Wife winter’ aesthetic — and how do I achieve it?

TikTok’s latest style trend embraces the archetypal concepts of Italian-American moms of a certain association as seen on TV.

TikToker user Mikayla, username @mikaylatoninato, explained the trend s post that features clips of inspiration borrowed from entertainment’s most infamous mob wives, including Carmela Soprano from the 90s HBO series «Sopranos» and Ging.

«We’re doing messy hair, we’re doing big furs; if your hair isn’t perfectly slicked back, that’s totally fine,» Mikayla adds. «It’s attitude; it’s an aura. We all want to be the mob boss’s wife because she is a boss in and of herself.»

TikToker Chrissy @trovlov explained in the recent video that she does not have any kind of shopping to activate a mob wife energy, for the aesthetic calls for black basics.

«You’ve got to go with an outfit that can be found in garages. «If you look like you’re going to a funeral, you know you’re doing it right.»

Users emphasize that the look is all about caves, black-out sunglasses, layered gold jewelry, and animal print paired with leggings, pants or body suits. The TL;DR: These aesthetic requirements move to top. «You have to offer accessories for sophisticated gold – even better if these difficulties were given to you as an anniversary or birthday present,» Chrissy says.

While the «vanilla girl» aesthetic of 2023 calls for minimal makeup, the mob wife look leans in heavy bronzer, eyeshadow, and voluminous hair.

«We’re gonna conceal and do full coverage because mob wives have secrets,» TikToker Nicki Baber, or @nickii on the platform, says in a video explaining mob wife makeup. «We’re gonna cover those blemishes like we cover our secrets from our husbands.»

«We’re giving gold, we’re giving glitter, we’re giving smokey eyes,» Baber adds. «We’re gonna have some gold on the lid because we’re expensive. Priceless, actually.»

Mob wife enthusiasts all seem to have reached the same conclusion: this look requires Big Hair Energy. Soon you run features that move by the laws of «Sopranos,» TikTokers have remembered your stamps using rolls and leaks for glamor.

«Clip a bit of this dress to tidy up to suit the show off the jewelry,» @trovlov noted in her breakdown of the look. «Bonus points if you’re wearing hoops.»

Inspiration for our mob wife outfits is about plentiful shoes in Imelda Marcos’s closet. Especially when you are sending yourself for hashtags associated with the trend and arm yourself s ready a vague idea of ​​mobs wives beloved by movie and TV fans alike.

All the new trending mob wife is to form Colombian drug lord Griselda Blanco, as portrayed by Sofia Vergara in the much anticipated Netflix series, “Griselda.”

With platforms like TikTok and Instagram, users covered by the mob wife aesthetic for the gangs of the “Sopranos” characters like Carmela Soprano and Adriana La Cerva, Connie Corleone from the “Godfather,” Lorraine Bracco’s portrayal of Karen Hill Pfeiffer’s iconic portals of mob wives in movies like “Scarface” and “Married to the Mob.”

Why is ‘mob wife winter’ trending?

Lliqui plenty of TikTok aesthetic trends, it can be hard to distinguish between the chicken and the egg. Still, the sudden pivot from more low-maintenance looks can be attributed to the looks seen on this season’s red carpet and winter streetwear.

From Dua Lipa’s maroon-dyed flow at the Golden Globes to Hailey Bieber’s recent penchant for modeling four coats on Instagram, what is seemingly everywhere all on once.

Why has the trend inspired backlash?

«Do you guys even know what the mob is?» one user commented on @mikaylatoninato’s explainer about the look.

The questions and others as they are put in response to similar Mob Wife videos have quickly sparked conversations about the idolization of organized crime groups like Mafia.

Most of everyone’s cultural trends have some problematic underbelly, and the Mob Wife aesthetic is no exception. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Mafia continues to be considered a significant threat in regions across the New York metropolitan area, New England, Philadelphia, Chicago, and Detroit.

While fictional, mob shows and movies with female characters that embody the mob wives’ aesthetic reminders of show TikTokers might be overlooking the darker side of the new dressing habits.

The trend’s primary style icon, Carmela, never be a strong female character in «Sopranos,» but through series, she lives in a castle built on misogyny and crime. Throughout the series, she’s subject to intimidation and infidelity, and is often complicit when it comes to her husband’s line of work.

It is also a tragedy for Adriana in the series, who is brutally beaten by her fiancé, betrayed, and ultimately thrown by the mob. All this because she was strong-armed into becoming an informant for the FBI.

Connie Corleone from the «Godfather» is physically abused by her husband. The real Karen Hill found out about his Marshal Witness Protection Program for his marital association with the mob, and Elvira Hancock from «Scarface» is his miserable, addicted to drugs.

As TikToker James In The City, or @jamesinthecity, puts it, «The clean girl drinks a Pinot Grigio. The mob wife will throw a dirty martini in your face.