With the groundbreaking HBO drama finding a new audience in quarantine, Generation Z is starting to dress like Sopranos characters. "Walk past the Knickerbocker Ave. subway stop in Bushwick, Brooklyn, and you’re bound to pass staunchly anti-NRA twinks looking like they just got back from a hit job in the New Jersey Pine Barrens," says Joseph Longo. "From the Nike windbreakers to the white muscle tanks and gold necklaces, fashion-inclined millennials and Gen Zs are dressing like Christopher Moltisanti — the hot-headed Sopranos character played by Michael Imperioli. Just look at Christopher, with his bushy brows and bucket hat. He might as well be on his way to Riis Beach, except his racist, homophobic Jersey a** wouldn’t be caught dead in hipster Queens." ALSO: Michael Imperioli is totally unlike his Sopranos character: he's a Buddhist, a vegetarian, and a happily married father of three who loves shoegaze and the theater.
TOPICS: The Sopranos, Michael Imperioli, Costume Design, Retro TV