Nara Smith pushes back on flak over ‘Tradwife’ lifestyle: ‘It’s all about just putting what I love out there’

Nara Smith opens up about the opposition she faced when she promoted the ‘tradwife’ lifestyle.

The ‘tradwife’ lifestyle, which is a growing trend on social media, sees women wearing 1950s-style clothing while embracing traditional gender roles and preparing home-cooked meals.

The 22-year-old fashion model and influencer told the outlet she had a “really hard time” coming to terms with the concept of “the traditional woman, whatever that is,” according to a profile of Smith published in Harper’s Bazaar Thursday.

The Bloemfontein, South Africa-born beauty, who grew up in Germany, said she is “a working mother” and that the posts she makes on social media are “not really that deep” despite the controversy that surrounds them.

Smith has been married to fellow model Lucky Blue Smith, 26, since February 2020 and the couple have three children: daughter Rumble Honey, three, son Slim Easy, two, and daughter Whimsy Lou Smith, four months old.

Smith is also stepmother to her husband’s seven-year-old daughter, Gravity, from his previous relationship with model Stormi Bree.

The IMG models-signed beauty told the outlet that she is still learning about herself and that she can’t put a label on what she does and the values ​​she wants to convey.

I never know what to say when people ask me [what I do]“Because technically I do create content,” said Smith, who has earned $9.3 million TikTok followers and 4 million Instagram followers. ‘But I just live my life and share it with people, which a lot of people do.’

Smith’s meteoric rise to fame – which has seen fans clamoring for her to appear on a reality TV platform – is bolstered by her videos in which she creates things from scratch, with ASMR qualities for internet users.

According to the profile, the clips have sometimes caused some controversy.

Some commentators criticize her for clinging to the cliché of the traditional housewife and for being nostalgic for a time when women’s rights were not as developed as they are today.

Smith said of her critics, “For my mental health, I can’t give in to that. I can’t keep correcting people or reading things and getting frustrated.”

Her husband Lucky defended her in the publication, saying her online haters stem from jealousy.

The ‘tradwife’ lifestyle, which is a growing trend on social media, sees women wearing 1950s-style clothing while embracing traditional gender roles and preparing home-cooked meals

Smith has been married to fellow model Lucky Blue Smith, 26, since February 2020 and the couple have three children. Pictured in London in 2022

Smith said in the piece that she expresses the essence of her individuality and hopes viewers find value in it

The Bloemfontein, South Africa-born beauty, who grew up in Germany, integrates elements of ASMR into her social media posts

“People see her success in everything she does,” Lucky said. “When you have someone you don’t know at all and they’re making a video about you online saying things that aren’t true, you can just tell it’s jealousy. Let’s call it what it is.”

Smith said in the piece that she expresses the essence of her individuality and hopes viewers will find value in that.

“For me, it’s about showing what I love, and whoever can relate to it, that’s what I want to do,” Smith said. “Sometimes my outfits aren’t the most practical, but fashion isn’t always practical.

“That’s what I do. I post videos of myself cooking for my kids and my husband. It’s really not that deep.”

In the piece, Smith described herself as “a girly girl” and a “working mom who spends her day in a very different way than” someone with “a normal nine-to-five job.”

She added: ‘You don’t see me getting on a plane, flying to New York, modeling and coming back – with a newborn baby – paying bills, filming content and dressing my kids.

“It’s so weird that I’m being put in a certain box just because people think I’m working my butt off.”