If someone asked you to list the most stylish TV shows of all time, what would you say? Sex And The City, obviously, and their fellow slick Upper East Siders in Gossip Girl. The power-suit clad OTT villains of Dynasty maybe. Mad Men in all its chain-smoking, pencil-skirt glory. Whatever you think of, it’s fair to say that The Sopranos wouldn’t usually make that list. Sadly, the french tipped nails, garish prints, velour tracksuits and snakeskin leather of Tony Soprano’s mafioso family have never been considered the height of fashion. Until now.
A new Instagram account, @sopranosstyle, is dedicated to belatedly celebrating the garish sartorial choices of Tony, Carmela, Paulie, Silvio, Adriana and the whole clan. Chronicling every outfit on the show -- not unlike fellow viral Instagram sensation Every Outfit on SATC -- @sopranosstyle promises to bring us “all the best looks from your favourite gaudy goombahs and stylish Italian stallions”. And perhaps because it’s the first time we’ve seen these outfits collated together, as a sort of capsule collection of questionable taste, they kind of look… good? Suddenly it’s easy to have a new appreciation for Rosalie’s leopard print blazers, Carmela’s square tipped manicures, Adriana’s cosy turtlenecks. Even the cropped denim capped-sleeve shirts look good! Kind of.
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