MOB WIFE TRAD WIFE HORSESHOE THEORY: Italian Fashion, Housekeepers, & Mormon Tiktok

TIMESTAMPS ~~~~~~~~ 00:00 introduction/what's actually tea 3:14 mob wife trad wife horseshoe theory tldr 4:52 defining "tradwife aesthetic" & "mob wife aesthetic" 5:40 the mob & the immigration story (scarface) 7:05 sicily's annexation and italy's very early fashion history 8:21 big mafia in the south vs. big fashion in the north 9:59 coming to america (from padroni to tailors' unions) 10:49 the importance of la famiglia 11:26 1940s-1950s fashion & fascismo 14:11 dior's new look & wifedressing following suit 16:32 the image of the mammy vs. the housewife 21:57 women's rights, 1970s american fashion, and neoliberalism 22:50 1980s italian fashion & status signalling 23:39 my italian fashion timeline/visual aid/chart 23:52 what are mob wives wearing? rating mob wife tv/movies 25:36 1980s-1990s nyc ghetto glam & mob wives are neighbours 27:08 la bella mafia starring lil kim & class mobility 28:04 horseshoe TLDR of my whole point so u guys don't vex me 29:59 carmela soprano & truth to mob wife media 33:27 mormon mommy blogger$ & the performance of housework 37:53 summarizing the horseshoe & conclusion ~~~~~~~~~ socials: twitter.com/silkslips tumblr.com/silkslips tiktok.com/@silkslips twitch.tv/silkslips ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ cited sources TELEVISION & FILM The Sopranos Good Fellas Scarface The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City The Watermelon Woman CUNY TV: Black American — Building a Brand with Dapper Dan (https://archive.org/details/cunytv_BL...) BOOKS & SCHOLARLY LIT Steele, Valerie. Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion. Vol. 2, Charles Scribner's Sons, 2005. Fashion, Italian style. Steele, Valerie. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2003. Manring, M. M. Slave in a Box: The Strange Career of Aunt Jemima, 1998. Dickie, John. Cosa Nostra: A History of the Sicilian Mafia, 2007. Fenton, Edwin. Italians in the Labor Movement. Pennsylvania History 26, (1959). WEB LINKS https://www.britannica.com/place/Ital... https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/mob-wi... https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/trad-g... https://digitalcollections.wesleyan.e... https://thetelevisionpilot.com/wp-con... https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/11/... https://rdo-olr.org/the-constitutiona... https://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/f... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_... https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materia...   / 1     / 1   https://www.tsa.gov/timeline https://www.forbes.com/2007/11/29/pla... https://dailyutahchronicle.com/2021/1... https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles... https://www.pbs.org/destinationameric... https://www.britannica.com/event/wome... https://www.papermag.com/so-chic-very... https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/30/st... https://www.wmagazine.com/fashion/lil... https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/mormon... https://www.theatlantic.com/business/... https://www.complex.com/style/a/aria-...