Gallery takes whack at mobster fashion
This is some Cosa Nostra couture.
In tandem with Fashion Week, an exhibit opening today at the Mob Scene gallery in Little Italy is putting rare mob wear on display for the average Joe to ogle over.
Haute men: Joe "Bananas" Bonanno in a tuxedo are among clothing and other mafia articles on display at the
A violin case modified to hold parts of a rifle.
The authentic gangster garb worn by the likes of Joseph “Crazy Joe” Gallo, John Gotti and Joe “Bananas” Bonanno was collected over 20 years through estate sales and donations.
Some pieces came straight from the families of famous Mafiosi, like the black Homburg hat worn by Genovese crime family founder Charles “Lucky” Luciano.
Gallo’s widow, Sina, donated the Stetson fedora worn the day her hubby, a high-ranking soldier in the Colombo crime family, was gunned down at Umberto’s Clam House in 1972.
Mafia dons spared no expense in dressing to the nines.
Bonanno wore the finest Italian leather shoes and monogrammed his wood suit hangers while heading the crime family that bears his name.
“It was an extravagance that even some of the better-dressed gangsters didn’t stoop to,” said Arthur Nash, the owner of the collection and the Broome Street gallery.
Hand-painted ties were the preferred neckwear for natty sharpshooters, with dapper don John Gotti preferring Italian silks.
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