Jennifer Lopez Just Became the Celebrity Leader of the Mob Wife Trend in Paris

Leave it to Jennifer Lopez to wordlessly remind everyone that she started wearing the "mob wife" trend long before it became the It aesthetic on TikTok. (See the below photos as a reminder.) She's back at it. While in Paris earlier this week for Haute Couture Week, Lopez stepped out on two separate occasions wearing many of the glamorous items that define the look. Both outfits included fur coats (naturally), lots and lots of jewelry, and oversize tinted sunglasses—even after dark. Oh, and very expensive designer handbags, of course.
Sure, many other celebrities have been embracing the mob wife look as of late (Kendall Jenner and Emily Ratajkowski, to name a few), but Lopez was wearing it back in the early 2000s and never really stopped. To see her in Paris wearing mob wife–esque outfits was eye-catching, but she also just looked like J.Lo as we know and love her.
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J.Lo at Paris Haute Couture Week
On Jennifer Lopez: Schiaparelli pants and bag; Bottega Veneta Triangle Geometric Caravan Sunglasses ($550); Messika jewelry
On Lopez: Hermès bag; Bottega Veneta Triangle Geometric Caravan Sunglasses ($550)
J.Lo in 2018
J.Lo in 2012
J.Lo in 2003
The Inspiration
Sharon Stone in Casino as Ginger, one of the most iconic mob wives that Hollywood has given us.
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Allyson is a senior editor for Who What Wear. She joined the company in 2014 as co-founder Katherine Power's executive assistant and over the years has written hundreds of stories for Who What Wear. Prior to her career in fashion, Allyson worked in the entertainment industry at companies such as Sony Pictures Television. Allyson is now based in Raleigh, North Carolina, and is originally from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She holds a BFA in theater arts. Her path to fashion may not have been linear, but based on the number of fashion magazines she collected as a child and young adult, it was meant to be.
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