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.
Reader (and friend after all these years) Linda made me aware of the blog, Project 333. Project 333 is a minimalist fashion challenge that invites you to dress with 33 items or less for three months. Linda has been really interested in minimalism, and recently I have been as well. Linda asked me to think… Continue Reading Shopping with Intention and Changing Shopping Habits with Project 333
I worked in retail for a decade. I was a personal shopper, retail manager, apparel visual merchandiser, salesperson racing from fitting room to denim wall to register. Because of this, I enter a mall maybe twice a year, and always at off-peak times. I also don’t shop in malls because I find them frustrating, overwhelming,… Continue Reading How I Shop
It’s so sad when a beloved blog stops posting. You may have never met the blogger, heck you may have never even commented but when the blog leaves you feel as though there’s a hole not just in your RSS reader, but also your life. Blogs just have that effect on some of us. So… Continue Reading True Fashionista: Beverly from Beverly Like Hills, a Southern California Fashion Blogger
I mentioned in a previous post that I wanted a Western shirt for spring/summer. Unlike my chambray shirt, a Western shirt would be heavier weight (actual denim, though a lightweight variety), more fitted, hopefully have pearl snaps in place of buttons, and some Western detail in the seaming and pockets. My husband has a Western… Continue Reading The Search for the Perfect Western Shirt
I haven’t taken a plane anywhere in 25 years and my daughter is getting married in California this summer and I am flying there. What should I pack to be comfortable for a long flight across the country? Are there any things that are must haves or must not haves? At my last job, I… Continue Reading Ask Allie: What to Pack for a Comfortable Flight
For the past couple of years, one of my favorite fashion blogs is the awesome Cynthia of Simply Cyn. Her style, music, and decor constantly inspire me and I love seeing a peek into her life in New York City. Below I share my Simply Cyn interview for my True Fashionista series. If Cynthia looks… Continue Reading True Fashionista: Interview with Cynthia Andrew of Simply Cyn
I can’t believe that in June, Karl and I will have been married nine years. Nine years! Where does the time go? I’ve been thinking about our wedding a lot since the cicadas are set to return this summer and they were here for our wedding. I decided to take a walk down wedding dress… Continue Reading Throwback Thursday: Wedding Edition
Some of you have requested it, and some of you have asked for it on forums (I see you BabyCenter peeps and welcome you to my blog!). I created a SAHM capsule wardrobe previously, but here’s an update for the warmer months of the year. [collage source] I don’t like a lot of prints most… Continue Reading Sample SAHM Capsule Wardrobe for Summer
There’s this place between creativity and quality where I always get stuck. I used to have a very simple, minimal wardrobe based upon my list of wardrobe staples. It worked, I always was ready for any event, was dressed well… but it felt stifling after a while. As I have gotten older I feel the… Continue Reading My Personal Style Journey – Spring 2013