If 2023 was stealth wealth, 2024 is let’s make fashion fun again with Mob Wife Aesthetic! But in all seriousness, the underlying themes of this trend are fun, fearless confidence, so what’s not to love? Works well for Winter and layering! Much like Old Money Aesthetic, you can shop your own closet to construct the mob wife fashion formula. Here’s how! PS I have potentially been dressing like this since middle school. 🙂 Many of the ways to dress like Mob Wife Aesthetic are with pieces already in your closet.
The Mob Wife Fashion Formula
1. Faux Fur or Vintage Fur Coat
The first thing you’re gonna need for mob wife style formula is a great faux-fur coats or vintage fur jacket. Depending on your values (anti animal cruelty), access to mom’s furs and budget, you’ll have plenty of choices. I am allergic to lots of furs, and while I would consider a vintage fur with the right allergy meds, I would not go out and buy a real new fur right now, personally. Therefore, I opted for a faux fur coat, that’s been siting in my closet since New York Fashion Week 2021. Also note, the faux fur is encouraged in hats, boot linings, bags and more. Here’s some great options for a faux fur for your mob wife era!
2. Blacks, Browns and Reds, Oh My
Save your Barbie Core for summer, for now, you’re gonna want to do 50 shades of black! Eggplant black, midnight black, soft black, off black, shiny black, you get the picture. Bonus points if you incorporate texture like velvet or a faux leather jacket. The black balances the rest of the “extra factor”. If you need to add color, make sure it’s muted tones of burgundy, camel, rich browns and the occasional pop of the power color red. Obviously.
3. Big or Messy Hair
Mob wives get such great hair treatments and spa days, their hair can afford to be a little disheveled. On a good day, nothing shows status in the town like big hair, so bring on the volume, some helping tools above. Your hair should look like it’s hiding a few secrets in there, if you know what I mean.
If your hair is more Hailey Bieber than Jennifer Lawrence, you can still get the mob wife look with some key make-up picks. Whether it’s red lipstick, red nails, french tips or smoky eyes, these beauty looks are winter staples for mob wife winter, as well as winter beauty aesthetic in general!
4. Leopard print
Are you seeing leopard print when you close your eyes at the end of the day? What a coincidence that leopard print AND animal print, is suddenly absolutely everywhere. It was mysteriously low profile this past Fall. Typically, leopard print and Fall is like stripes and Summer, but it had a delayed ramp up, if not a full on explosion! You can go as bold as you’d like, in coats or add pops of it like I have with my hat in the first picture to round out my mob wife fashion formula.
5. Dangerous Curves Ahead
If big fur coats or vintage fur coats aren’t your thing, you can still partake in this distinctive style with some key wardrobe staples. Don’t be shy, mini-skirts a la Sharon Stone, body con dresses or a great pair tighter faux leather pants are what you want to rock here. Also, jumpsuits for holiday outings! Hardly a new trend, black leather and a little fur will easiy give you the look. Think Sofia Vergara inspired outfits.
6. Gold Jewelry- Mob Wife Style Formula MUST
Along with your big sunglasses, you’re gonna gold earrings, cuffs or necklaces. Ok, this can get confusing. Silver keeps getting getting a lot of air time, starting since summer when Beyonce forced, empowered us to head out and get silver accessories to celebrate her birthday. I have exactly 3 pieces of silver jewerly and have not caved for more. So, if you’re like me and a gold lover, now is the time for cuban gold chains, hoops, cuffs, custom name diamond pendants and broaches. My exact gold necklace here, I’ve had for 4 years and in impeccable shape!
7. Selective Designer Handbags
Do you have awesome designer handbags (preferably Italian) or other luxury brands, you’ve been ashamed of since quiet luxury came to life? You can take your Fendi, Gucci, Cavali, Versace, Prada, Ferrago, Bottega, Dolce & Gabbana, out of “time out”. 🙂 I’m kinda kidding but also not.
Story Time: Last summer I went to an event at a nice place and the woman sitting next to me at the table was wearing a Prada bodysuit, a Verace Bag, Chanel earrings, Valentino sandals and other designer items I’m sure I missed. I remember thinking at the time, wow, she couldn’t care less about appearing stealth wealth. It seemed like everyone around us, to be honest, kinda did. I was in awe of her owning her style which was completely going against the grain coming off of Sophia Richie’s wedding and Gwyneth Paltrow’s ski trial. ;\ (aka the birth of old money aesthetic), and it crystalized that this is what knowing your personal style is about regardless of the next trend. Wearing the completely wrong look at any given “era of fashion”.
My point is that if you see Mob Wife Energy or Coastal Grandmother of Rich Mom Energy as personal attacks on social media, then ignore them. Just like this woman did at the height of quiet luxury and clean girl trend. However, if these trends inspire you to get dressed in the morning, and exude Carmela Soprano vibes, then it’s worth a little hype and eye-roll! To break more fashion rules, see how to wear in skinny jeans in 2024 here. xo, Z
