When I was in a sorority in college, we were told to never “double letter.” That meant wearing your sorority’s Greek letters on more than one item of clothing, say “billboard” letters on a sweatshirt with a hat embroidered with them. It was a major faux pas and it was…
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For years, my business casual, dinner out with the family, weekend run to the mall, and coffee with friends uniform involved jeans. Bootcut jeans with Chelsea boots, skinny jeans with knee-high boots, boyfriend jeans with sneakers, ankle-length straight jeans with loafers… you get the idea. I think it’s a uniform…
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When I was planning our New Year’s Eve getaway to Lake Anna, I knew the dress code would be loungewear. We planned on making all meals at the house, spending a lot of time reading, playing board games, napping, cooking, and snuggling as families on the couches watching movies and…
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I am of the mindset that you wear whatever makes you feel good. Period. However, those of you who read this blog care about fashion and style and usually desire some advice. Recently in the Wardrobe Oxygen community, a member asked about this puffin sweater and if it was acceptable…
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I struggle to find leather jackets that fit me. If it fits the bust, the shoulders are too wide and the sleeves too long. If the sleeves are the right length, it’s too tight to zip. The jacket usually gets bunched up above my rear, and if I find one…
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I’m all about wearing what I already own, and I’ve been looking at this Universal Standard jumpsuit I wore this summer and was trying to figure out how to winterize it. It’s twill, so it’s a seasonless fabric, and the color doesn’t scream summer either. A turtleneck is a given,…
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While I do wear all the outfits I feature in outfit posts… sometimes there’s a little switcheroo. For this look, I wore it with sneakers and then switched to heels for the photoshoot. The heels are quite comfortable, but a bit too dressy for hitting Whole Foods! I also wore…
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Many style icons and experts discuss buying wardrobe staples and how they wear the same pieces they’ve owned for decades. As a woman who in the past dozen years had a baby and went from a size 10/12 to a 16 to a 12 and back to a 14/16 and…
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