[InsideHook] Like anyone with taste, I’ve been re-watching The Sopranos during quarantine. As a card-carrying Italian, I’m proud to say that I’ve seen The Sopranos roughly four times — three times through in its entirety and once watching along with a family member, catching episodes as they experienced it for the first time. Re-watching during quarantine got me thinking: How would Tony and the gang dress if they were handling collections and taking their goomahs out to dinner these days? How can an average un-made man achieve the same level of finesse and bravado as Syl and Paulie out for a night at the Bada Bing? Or Tony at one of his famous cookouts?
We’ve already talked at length about the appeal of the gangster knit: a lightweight sweater worn with trousers or even under a suit jacket. It’s a favorite of the men of Scorsese films, but I personally associate it most closely with Tony Soprano. Tony’s wardrobe boasts a proud collection of these knits, and it would be an infamia to put together a hypothetical closet of Sopranos-inspired designer fits without them. I could see Tony wearing this Anderson & Shepperd colored cable knit sweater with a pair of pleated — always pleated — trousers, loafers and even a jacket for a night out with Carm. For his more casual affairs, Tony swears by a polo shirt, and a knit version of this classic Soprano staple will always be a good choice, like these color-blocked Luca Larenza polos. For an afternoon in the back room at the Bada Bing, I’d put Tony in a Z Zegna linen and cotton mix long-sleeve polo (again, of course with his signature pleated trousers), or a long-sleeve polo in coffee-colored silk from Scaglione. For an afternoon of golf, cigars and cunnilingus jokes, might I suggest (to you, or Tony) this Topman blue pointelle knitted polo shirt. A cashmere Gabriela Hearst polo makes the bold choice of foregoing buttons, but I’d like to think I could convince Tony to give it a try.
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