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1 week ago | 
bigundies.substack.com | Corinne Fay |Harriet Hadfield
I love this question! It’s a way of considering what items in your wardrobe are most essential or important. The question has been rattling around in my head since I read ’s wonderful advice on the topic! “Starting over” certainly brings to mind catastrophic losses—but these essentials are good to keep in mind for other reasons, too. These are the pieces you might want to look for first if or when you need a different size.
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1 week ago | 
virginiasolesmith.substack.com | Virginia Sole-Smith |Corinne Fay
Let’s be clear: If you’re lucky enough to be near a beach or a pool anytime from February through early May, you are lucky enough. And yet, the unequivocal privilege of being able to escape a frozen hellscape for a few days of sunshine brings its own set of panic moments. How did we get so pale and pasty in a few short months of winter? What are we doing about body hair now? And for the love of god, where can I find a decent plus size swimsuit?
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1 week ago | 
bigundies.substack.com | Corinne Fay
A few days ago I watched a TikTok that stopped me in my tracks. It was about pain and pants and it made me wonder why so many of us let our clothes make us feel bad!After the paywall…Why comfortable clothing matters, especially RIGHT NOWHow I’ve been struggling to find comfort latelyWhat to look for if you want a comfortable wardrobe8 pairs of comfortable pants
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2 weeks ago | 
bigundies.substack.com | Corinne Fay
On Tuesday, March 25th with a heart full of hope, I ordered almost $700 worth of clothes from Universal Standard. By the time the package arrived, ten days later, I was in the weeklong bad mood that is PMS for me these days. And when I tried everything on… I hated it all.
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2 weeks ago | 
bigundies.substack.com | Corinne Fay
I feel a lot of dread looking back at what I’ve bought in the past month, which is making me realize this is why I haven’t tracked my clothing spending before! Doing this makes me feel a little bad. So I avoid it. So much so that I realized this month that while I’ve been adding purchases to a spreadsheet as I make them, I haven’t been dating the entries? So now I don’t know which are from which month. But ok, whatever! I will be dating entries going forward.
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2 weeks ago | 
bigundies.substack.com | Corinne Fay
We’re 1/4 of the way through 2025. Did the April Fool’s day jokes fall as flat for you as they did for me this year? I couldn’t muster the energy to laugh at the FREE USED UNDERWEAR WITH ORDERS OVER $99 or even the nightmare-ish Wirefull bra. For me, March ended with a visit from my mom and some extended family which was a nice excuse to do some tourist-y things in my own city. I went to the Biopark, took a tour of Old Town, hiked around the petroglyphs, and soaked in some hot springs.
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3 weeks ago | 
bigundies.substack.com | Corinne Fay
Last week I wrote about fear & scarcity mindset and at the end of the post I cliffhangered everyone:And just a few days later, someone mentioned to me their new favorite pair of pants—pants that feel like pajamas but look like Comme des Garçons. Pants that come in a 4X. They’re on their way to me now.
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3 weeks ago | 
bigundies.substack.com | Corinne Fay
Val’s ListDo you know Val? Val is one of the coolest and smartest people I follow on Instagram. She posts about the intersection of ethical fashion and disability. Recently Val made this frankly incredible list of brands size 4X & up. All the businesses on the list are small businesses (not fast fashion) and the list is global so that people can avoid import tariffs.
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4 weeks ago | 
virginiasolesmith.substack.com | Corinne Fay |Virginia Sole-Smith
Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -1:21Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. Weekly conversations about how we dismantle diet culture and fatphobia, especially through parenting, health and fashion. (But non-parents like it too!) Hosted by Virginia Sole-Smith, journalist and author of THE EATING INSTINCT and the forthcoming FAT KID PHOBIA. Weekly conversations about how we dismantle diet culture and fatphobia, especially through parenting, health and fashion.
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4 weeks ago | 
bigundies.substack.com | Corinne Fay
Most days lately I’ve pulled on a pair of loose black cargo jeans. Some mornings I have to pull them straight out of the dryer and some mornings they’re still on my floor from the night before. I’ve been wearing them almost every day because they are unbelievably comfortable. They have an elastic waist and a drawstring, but they feel more substantial than sweatpants. Despite wearing these pants more days in a row than I care to admit on the internet, I’ve been hesitant to buy another pair.
