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You Should Wear This to a Wedding This Summer

3 days ago | bigundies.substack.com | Corinne Fay

On Monday, I showed you some outfits that friends wore to weddings this summer and promised you a whole bunch of links—and a little update about my potential wedding guest outfit. So I am going to round up some things that I think would be good to wear to a wedding this summer… But first, a little rant about wedding dressing. For me, dress codes are fraught.
What My Friends Are Wearing to Weddings This Summer

5 days ago | bigundies.substack.com | Corinne Fay

Recently I got this lovely message from a Big Undies reader named Hannah: Hi Corinne! I've been loving your roundups for discovering new/small brands and was wondering if you would consider doing a roundup of summer wedding guest outfits or places you'd recommend? Especially for people who sort of oscillate between femme and androgynous.
Big Undies AMA

1 week ago | bigundies.substack.com | Corinne Fay |Virginia Sole-Smith

joined me for a very fun Substack live where she asked me some questions about Big Undies. We get into clogs, the Big Undies origin story, the best style questionnaires, our favorite advice, consumerism, eyeglasses, buying multiples, AND MUCH MORE—but you’ll need to be a paying subscriber to Big Undies to watch the whole thing. And here are …
The Best of Big Undies

2 weeks ago | bigundies.substack.com | Corinne Fay

Big Undies is one year old this week, so I’m offering 20% off annual subscriptions. That makes a year of Big Undies just $48. For less than $1 a week, you get two posts and access to the Big Undies comments & chat. Join us!!I like birthdays and new years for the chance they offer to reflect, so I thought it would be fun to look back at which posts have been most popular over the past year.
5 Things I Learned In My First Year on Substack

2 weeks ago | bigundies.substack.com | Corinne Fay

Today is the day—one year since my welcome post on Big Undies. It feels like a long time ago, but here is where we started:If you feel perpetually underserved and frustrated by the basic need to clothe your body in a way that feels even just okay, Big Undies is for you. Let’s find solutions to the problems that are not being solved by red carpets and Shein hauls. Nobody is living their life in a cold shoulder top. Over the course of this year, I’ve sent out an email almost every Monday & Wednesday.
"That’s not style. That’s marketing.”

3 weeks ago | bigundies.substack.com | Corinne Fay

Please welcome Sophie Strauss to Big Undies! Sophie is a 31 year old stylist for regular people. I appreciate Sophie’s candid takes on Instagram about color analysis and greenwashing in the fashion industry—and also Sophie’s enviable style and her incredibly styling work as well!Style Questionnaire posts like today’s are made possible by paying subscribers. Please consider supporting Big Undies by going paid. You can read past editions with Cody Cook-Parrott, Dacy Gillespie, and Tembe Denton-Hurst.
Everything Everyone Recommends

3 weeks ago | bigundies.substack.com | Corinne Fay

Last week we did closet concierge—one of my favorite things to do. And the comments kind of blew me away. Everyone had such good suggestions! This is something that’s really nice about being in community with people—you can find out what works for someone else with your particular clothing concerns.
I Can't Stop Drinking Matcha Tonics

3 weeks ago | bigundies.substack.com | Corinne Fay

My friend put me on to a local coffee shop making an iced beverage that is now essential to my wellbeing. Donut also essential to my wellbeingIt’s a matcha tonic—tonic water, matcha, and cherry syrup. I remember matcha being ubiquitous like ten years ago, but apparently its popularity has skyrocketed recently—maybe thanks to MatchaTok? According to the p…
Is My Period Making Me Buy Stuff?

1 month ago | bigundies.substack.com | Corinne Fay

At the start of 2025 I said I would track my clothing purchases and I am living to regret this commitment! But that’s part of the process, right? Seeing how much new stuff I am acquiring and staying present with whatever comes up? I hope so. You can find all my previous posts about this here. After the paywall…The most shopping I’ve done this year, and the FEELINGS it brought up. An interesting pattern I’m noticing in my spending. What I bought, what I’m keeping, what I’m returning.
Closet Concierge!

1 month ago | bigundies.substack.com | Corinne Fay

We haven’t done a concierge in a while and I thought now would be a good time as the weather is warming up!If you’re new to the concierge concept, it’s quite simple: Leave a comment describing something you’re looking for.