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.
I work in a corporate office as a call center representative. My office has a business casual dress code, but we took the last two months off and were just casual. I was very excited about this, because I can wear t-shirts – specifically band t-shirts. Alas, casual months is coming to an end. Is… Continue Reading Ask Allie: Band Tees and Business Casual
I love the look of boyfriend jeans, but I am 65. Am I too old to carry off this look, or is there a way to make them look age appropriate? I am fit and lean, but I am not ashamed of my age and do not wish to look as though I am dressing… Continue Reading Ask Allie: Too Old for Boyfriend Jeans?
The danger of reading blogs is you end up buying things you never thought you needed or wanted. Thanks to this piece on The Cut, I went on a search for a metallic pencil skirt, and found one. I got the silver ASOS one featured below but unfortunately my size is now out of stock. … Continue Reading Styling a Metallic Pencil Skirt I Don’t Even Own Yet…
Allie, I am built similar to you but with wider hips. Short, thick, extremely curvy. I look best in wrap dresses and clothing with a vintage lean, but I don’t feel my best. I wish I had a figure that matched my soul, a soul who feels at home in my denim jacket with leather… Continue Reading Ask Allie: Flatter the Figure or Flatter the Soul?
My life is far calmer with me doing my writing only at certain short periods of time during the week, but it’s like next thing I know a month has gone by and I haven’t written about a super cool experience or a trip, or new things I bought or whathaveyou! So anyway, I went… Continue Reading Rehoboth Weekend Recap Aug 30, 2013
Jennifer Aniston in Dior at the UK premiere of the movie, We’re The Millers. I think many of us saw Jennifer Aniston earlier this month in this Dior frock, and I think many of us thought the same thing – pretty woman, pretty dress, but the combination just seemed wrong somehow. I couldn’t completely figure… Continue Reading Learning from Jennifer Aniston: Sticking to and Defining Your Personal Style
I have a question for you regarding denim jean jackets. I have a sleeveless dress that I would like to pair it with a denim jean jacket on top. As far as fit, do I buy a one that cannot be buttoned? Or do I size up and get the bigger size? I am petite… Continue Reading Ask Allie: Denim Jacket Alternatives
Allie, why does every retailer want fat girls to dress up like children or shower curtains? I am a size 20, 5’6” tall and 32 and I am sick to DEATH of every store being full of skater skirts covered in puppies or polyester shapeless dresses covered in Hawaiian flowers. I know that us bigger… Continue Reading Ask Allie: Plus Size Rocker Chic
I love how blogging brings so many great brands to my attention. A couple years ago, I scored a white Foxcroft shirt on sale at Nordstrom. I didn’t know about the brand, but was impressed that the shirt fit comfortably over my large chest without looking boxy, and was truly opaque. Foxcroft saw my post,… Continue Reading Foxcroft Style Stars – Behind the Scenes