Meaning of mob wife | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A person exemplifying a fashion aesthetic characterized by gaudy and ostentatious clothing, such as fur coats, designer bags, platform heels, and animal print.
   neologism
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see mob, wife (i.e., the wife of a Mafia boss).

Examples

“As Trivieri, who is of Italian descent, points out in her video, the mob wife aesthetic is a welcome pendulum swing away from what she calls the "clean girl aesthetic"—a minimal, Sofia Richie–esque beauty look and stealth wealth style. It also follows the rise in popularity of girlish aesthetics in general, from coquette to Barbiecore. The mob wife, by comparison, is a little more grown up. It's right there in the name: She's a wife! She's not a girl; she's a woman.”

“When it comes to hair, J Lo frankly could have written the Mob Wife manual, so perfect are her honeyed lengths.”

“Apart from a few rare exceptions, the mafiosa exists only in relation to her man. Without him, she's like an inanimate being—only half a person. That's why mob wives appear so unkempt and disheveled when accompanying their men to court—it's a cultivated look meant to underscore their fidelity.”

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