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.
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… Continue Reading Stay at Home Capsule Wardrobe for Fall and Winter
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… Continue Reading Friday Favorite: Needham Lane
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… Continue Reading My Fellow Americans
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… Continue Reading Capsule Wardrobe: Fall Casual / Travel
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.
Hope you had a fun weekend and enjoy this evening! Our town has a costume parade every Friday before Halloween. This year we dressed as a family when Emerson decided she wanted to be Wednesday Addams. Karl had the nickname Lurch when he was a teen so it was a given who he would dress… Continue Reading Family Addams Family Costume for Halloween
I know, I know I am not supposed to be shopping. I lost a lot of money in Raleigh last month. But I’ve been Poshmarking, I paid my taxes (got an extension), and I looked at the finances and felt I could get a couple things to complete my fall/winter wardrobe and prepare for some… Continue Reading Recent Purchases, Hits and Misses
In 1997 I had two long-sleeved velvet bodysuits – one was a garnet color with a mock turtleneck; the other was royal blue crushed velvet with a scoop neck. I’d pair them with baggy Calvin Klein jeans that were pretty much held up with my hip bones and bum, and on my feet were some… Continue Reading The Velvet Trend: How to Wear It without Looking Like a ‘90s Flashback
I love that the ‘90s are back. It’s not just because I remember the ‘90s. It’s not just because I became an adult with my own clothing spending money during that decade (graduated from high school in 1993, same year as the gang from the original 90210). It’s because I remember then and I see… Continue Reading ’90s Fashion: The Great Equalizer