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.
One weekend, my daughter and I went to a nearby strip mall to get out of the house on a miserable rainy day and stopped by Old Navy. At the front door, Old Navy had a table full of its perfectly heathered and soft Vintage Tees. I had to write an Old Navy Vintage Tee…
By the time this post goes live, I will be in surgery to repair complications with my right arm. Another cast, and a bit more complicated of a procedure and healing time. I have a new doctor who is a specialist, and who respects me as a person. I feel confident about the surgery and…
I’m wanting to add some draped tops to my wardrobe. However, as a large breasted lady with wide shoulders and slim hips I’m having a tough time finding draped tops that give me a balanced silhouette. Any ideas? As a fellow large breasted lady with wide shoulders, here’s some I have tried that I really…
I was wondering if you could do a capsule collection for the casual workplace. My workplace is so casual that I have coworkers who walk around in cargo shorts and flip-flops all summer, pretty much everyone wears jeans always, and I’m pretty sure I’ve seen a coworker or two in actual pajamas. I like dresses…
After spending time as a stay at home mom, Dianne Brickman began The Shine Collection. With years of marketing and management experience working in New York City for such iconic brands as Barneys New York, Nike and DKNY Coats, Dianne decided to take her skills and create her own line of clothing and accessories that…
Years ago I wrote a piece on the Closet Cleanout for women over 30, and then an update on that post. Many complained that it was too extreme, dated, ridiculous, judgmental, whatever. Since writing that piece, style has changed a lot. To make this more timeless, I decided to focus less on the specifics and…
I love ballet flats but they look weird on me. My husband says I look like I cut off my feet is it because I’m short and plus size? What shoes can a short plus size girl wear and not look weird? Girl I hear you loud and clear. I’m short, I’m overweight and on…
I have toyed many times with doing a Weekly Links post. Going through my feed reader, visiting Facebook and Twitter, listening to NPR on my way home or reading something in a magazine in my orthopedist’s waiting room I find something and think, “I MUST SHARE THIS!” But life is unpredictable. I can’t guarantee such…
We’ve had a few crazy seasons of fashion, where color, statements, and whimsy were embraced. And I think that’s great, it gave women a true opportunity to have fun with fashion, to embrace something new and step out of the box that we were in for quite a long while. But when a trend is…