Since 2005, Wardrobe Oxygen has been providing fashion advice. Focusing on real-life style for grown-ass women, Alison Gary shares her personal style, reviews of brands and garments, denim hauls, and resources on where to shop for petite fashion over size 10, plus size fashion, bras for large busts, wide width shoes as well as how to style footwear trends, and sustainable style.
Known for its real-life capsule wardrobes that offer inclusive sizing, Wardrobe Oxygen helps you feel stylish, as well as yourself. Work (or work from home), weekend, vacation, and special events, Wardrobe Oxygen is a style destination for women over 40 living on their own terms.
24 years ago today my friend Adam called me up and asked if I wanted to go to the movies with him and a bunch of friends. This guy Chris would be there, and he thought Chris and I would be a great couple. I said yes, but I didn’t have a ride. He told…
Mail-order catalogs were my jam in middle and high school. I obsessed over the Speigel catalog’s home décor section. When I grew up, I swore I’d have a breakfast nook with a pink table, pink café chairs, a pink fan light, a pink coffee maker, and a pink microwave, just like I saw in Speigel….
Welcome to the latest installment of tons of cardboard arriving at the Gary’s front step requiring Karl to bike it to the recycling center in town because it’s too much for our bin. Those on Instagram may have seen Karl’s grown-ass blue trike he named Bluetiful; he rides that to the grocery store, to drop…
Shopping for jeans sucks. After swimsuit shopping, jean shopping can be the most frustrating and demoralizing experience. If they fit in the waist, they sag in the rear; if they fit in the hips, they gape at the back of the waistband. And why does a 12 in one brand fit while another brand is…
Staying at home with the kids, working from home 100% of the time, many of you have a very relaxed lifestyle where it just doesn’t make sense to wear high-maintenance fabrics, restrictive silhouettes, or even the lowest of heels. Such a lifestyle is conducive to a capsule wardrobe. It makes sense to create a small…
One of the coolest parts of blogging is learning about new brands. A great way to get your new product or service in front of a large audience is to connect with bloggers. For gifted product and/or a small fee, a blogger will style and photograph your item, write about it, link to it, and…
If you didn’t vote early, get to the polls today and exercise your right to vote. Those before us struggled for us to have this right. If you’re not sure where your polling place is, visit Vote411.org and enter your address. Think because you’re not in a swing state your vote doesn’t count? WRONG. So…
You all are having some romantic falls based upon your emails! Trips to resorts, hotels up north to see the leaves change, B&Bs along Skyline Drive, and a couple of you have decided to visit Asheville after my trip recap! My capsule wardrobe today is inspired by you – a relaxing getaway that will have…
There’s some things that are just a must for me every fall. As soon as the season turns I look forward to wearing them, or buying replacements when my beloveds have worn out.