Welcome to UNSAID!
Welcome to Unsaid, a biweekly newsletter bringing you essays that are self-aware... but still spiraling. Takes that are spicy... but fully considered. Advice that’s not written from a pedestal... but shared from the inside.
For Volume 1, we’re kicking things off with a filler-free guide to achieving the Gen Z pout from Dia Lupo, Substack’s favorite alt-beauty newsletter writer. Her promise? All you need is the right combination of lip liners to look “brooding, sexy, and vacant.” Then we’re hitting the streets of Milan and Florence with Viv Chen, who went full heels-on-the-ground (likely in a Molehill green pair, IYKYK) to report on the trends you’ll be seeing all over your FYP this summer. Spoiler alert: we’re not running back Pucci summer. Sorry to this brand.
Back stateside, Tom Smyth is here to share your best opportunities to hook up with Summer House‘s Kyle Cooke this summer— or get drunk on Loverboys with your favorite Bravolebrities, at least — via his roundup of every Bravo DJ set you can see this season.
But before you head to Europe or Atlantic City (where else do you think these DJ sets are going down?), you should probably figure out your living situation. Whether you’re debating moving in with your boyfriend, as Isabel Timerman does in her poignant essay about not wanting to lose her party-girl identity in a new chapter of domesticity, or trying to score your first post-grad apartment, a uniquely hellish rite of passage that celebrity CPA (yes, that’s a real thing) dumb rich. is here to make slightly less miz. Just heed her warning: If the listing said “cozy,” you’ll need to turn sideways to get past the bed.
We’ll be back in two weeks with a breakdown of the Love Island economy, some slutty book recommendations, a girl’s guide to going out alone, and so much more. Miss you already <3
What is summer for if not seeing every single Bravo DJ?
One thing about a Bravolebrity: eventually, they're going to start DJing. Here's where to catch them in action.
Against my better judgment, I’m moving in with my boyfriend
I thought a shared lease would make my life smaller. Instead, I found a relationship that left room for all of it.
How to lip combo your way to the Gen Z pout
Take it from a girl with four syringes of old lip filler still floating around her face: The right lip combo is the *real* key to a diabolical pout.
The post-grad moving guide nobody gave you
Your broker is quite possibly the worst person on the planet. Your situationship is a close second.
Your heels-on-the-ground Euro summer fashion report
Last summer, my corner of the internet was abuzz with declarations of “Pucci Girl Summer.”
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