It’s widely acknowledged that The Sopranos is one of the best TV shows ever made. But it’s fair to say that until recently, we had slept on its sartorial style. Perhaps thanks to the great pandemic rewatch, as well as the release of its prequel, The Many Saints of Newark, this has changed. Characters ranging from Christopher Moltisanti to Paulie Gualtieri, Furio Giunta, Junior Soprano and, of course, Tony himself are becoming, fifteen years after the show went off air, bona fide style icons.
Spanning 1999 to 2007, the gangster-centered show chimes with our Y2K references. Moltisanti’s tracksuits and dad trainers have a mobster normcore appeal, especially when paired with the classic bright white undershirt. Junior Soprano’s glasses, safari shirts, and seventies cardigans are very Gucci. Giunta’s shirts—whether actual Versace or Versace knock-offs—have pure BDE appeal. Anthony Junior’s Kids-esque baggy skater silhouette, Anthrax hoodies, and backwards caps may well be appreciated by modern style influencers like Justin Bieber and the Vetements design team. Tony Soprano might not be a fashionisto, per se, but his take on Italian-American fifties style has a laid-back flair that labels like Casablanca and Noah would appreciate. His robe, meanwhile, is almost a character in itself, the epitome of sofa-friendly loungewear, and a particular kind of zero-fucks-given at-home aspiration during the pandemic
