The Mob Wife Aesthetic Is back From The Trend Graveyard

It’s just one month into the new year and the trend cycle has already churned out some amazing hits! Cheetah prints, fur coats, messy eye makeup, and the mob wife aesthetic are back from the trend graveyard and are coming in hot.

Cheetah. It’s been crowned a “neutral” by Tik Tok and it’s a must-needed addition to your wardrobe. While we aren’t wearing cheetah quite like Snooki did in the early 00’s, the trend is already quite the rage, as evidenced by Grace Wales Bonner’s incredible collaboration with Adidas featuring cheetah print sambas. The shoes immediately sold out and have yet to be restocked on the Wales Bonner website but can be found for an inflated price on websites such as Stock X and FarFetch. These fabulous shoes can be styled with pretty much anything, justifying their “neutral” moniker. You could opt for a simple monochromatic denim on denim look, or even dark wash jeans with a navy sweater to make the sneakers stand out on their own. Or, style them with more of a funky vibe and wear a pair of oversized green cargo pants, a blue sweater to tie in the accent on the shoe, and a slouchy vintage brown leather bomber. These are fabulous looks and are a simple way to incorporate cheetah into your OOTD.

Another fun way to wear cheetah is as a statement piece. This Realisation Par dress has a similar vibe as the shoes with a blue feature. This dress could be worn in the same way Devon Lee Carlson is wearing it in the photo, with a fun heel, maybe even one with animal print! Or you could keep the look simple and coordinate the dress to a matching blue bag or sweater and sambas.

If you’re not ready to embrace the cheetah trend, a cost effective choice would be to try a headband or phone case. Both are fun accessories that you’ll use often! France Lux offers high-quality, authentic French hair accessories. If you select the color Alba, it closely resembles cheetah print and you can select from a wide variety of hair accessories such as headbands, claw clips, or even banana clips!

The last option for cheetah girls would be to invest in a cheetah coat which leads us to our next trend: fur coats. Fur coats were all the rage when winter started and for good reason. You can step outside in a fur coat and sweats and still look iconic. Whether you opt for faux or the real deal, fur coats are an amazing investment piece that you’ll wear over and over and when you’re ready for something new, you can donate it so the coat has another life after you! The best suggestion for buying a fur coat is doing so in person and purchasing it from a vintage/thrift store. You will have the most options this way and can determine if you actually like the coat’s color/ style. If second hand isn’t your vibe, MaxMara has a huge selection of fur coats in addition to FarFetch, who offer a large variety of different brands!

Shifting from clothing to makeup, it’s time to talk about the messy club eye makeup Tik Tok is obsessing over. Since seeing Venetia in Saltburn, the look has reached fever-pitch. Whether it’s the relaxed, lived-in look, or the throwback-vibe people love, here are the ultimate products to achieve the look. Try lining the entirety of both your waterline and lower lash line with a black eyeliner. Don’t be shy! Be messy and let it drag over your lash line. Use an eyeliner that smudges easily and is very pigmented. Next, blend the eyeliner with a small brush, or for more of the Venetia vibe, use your finger! To keep the look in place, apply black eyeshadow over your lash lines using the brush or your finger. If you feel like dazzling a bit more, add some sparkles to your look with silver eyeshadow all over your lids! Finally, to over-dramatize the look, wear loads of mascara! It’s the perfect combination of a smokey eye and slept-in eyeliner that will turn heads every time!

The ultimate products to achieve the look:

Urban Decay 24/7 Liner in Perversion
Urban Decay 24/7 Eyeshadow in Blackout
Sephora Collection Eyeshadow in Diamond Crushed
Natasha Denona Mini Xenon Eyeshadow Palette
Maybelline Sky High Mascara

Now, for the mob wife aesthetic. Big, bold, sassy are perfect descriptors of the look and energy that comes along with it. To encompass the epitome of a mob wife, look to Karen Hill from Goodfellas or the powerful women in The Sopranos. While part of the fun of embodying a mob wife is the attitude, and there is indeed a lot of it, the outfits are what Tik Tok and Pinterest have been living for recently. The basic, not-so-basic, mob wife outfit consists of an all black look, whether that consists of a black leather mini skirt, black tight top, either sheer black tights, knee highs or over the knee black leather boots, definitely a fur coat, and fun acrylics in either a red hue or french tips, hair with Dolly Parton level volume, and your largest pair of sunglasses to hide the secrets camouflaged in your eyes. wink wink.

Listed below is an updated breakdown of the look, ready for re-creation:

A black leather mini skirt