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.
Hello all. A reader emailed me yesterday about undergarments. She feels that she can never find the right ones – underwear either leaves the dreaded VPL (visible panty line), is ugly, or it is uncomfortable. Like her, I have found that boyshorts often ride down during the day or ride up cutting one’s bum in… Continue Reading Reader Survey
Lands End almost never goes on sale. There are never promos for a percentage off if you spend a certain amount, there aren’t outlet stores in every strip mall across the country, they usually carry simple basics at standard, reasonable prices season after season. Well they are having a sale. Why am I telling you… Continue Reading Great Deal – Lands Ends
For this month, bring your gently used career wear to any nearby Zips Dry Cleaning location, and they will donate it to Suited to Succeed, a non-profit that assists women in transition from training programs and unemployment to self-sufficiency by providing free professional clothing and workshops. We all have some random suits and dresses in… Continue Reading Attention Washington DC Area Women…
My sister forwarded me this article from The Washington Post. Yet another article by Robin Givhan that I love… wanted to share with all of you as well. A First Lady’s Natural BeautyIn Place of Dazzle, a Taste for the Simply Pleasing By Robin GivhanWashington Post Staff WriterFriday, July 13, 2007; C01 The fashion industry… Continue Reading Remembering Lady Bird…
So tomorrow I am going to the theater (for those of you in DC, we are going to dinner first at Notti Bianche, and then walking to the Kennedy Center) to see Phantom of the Opera. I have seen lots of theater performances, but never Phantom (though I did see the movie but that doesn’t… Continue Reading Reader Survey
Yes, there are the staples. But everyone needs to add to their wardrobe to fit their lifestyle, personality and climate. Below are a few tried and true additions that seem to work with many women I have met and interacted with across the country, no matter their age or figure: 1. White jeans. White jeans… Continue Reading Unexpected “Staples” for a Summer (and beyond) Wardrobe
I wear Burberry London as my signature fragrance. It is the first time I have had a “signature fragrance,” for most fragrances drive me insane or make me sneeze after a few weeks. Because of this, a good third of my bureau is decorated with various perfume bottles. I just can’t rid of them because… Continue Reading Random thoughts on a Tuesday at Annapolis Mall
I started doing this assignment last week, and it has really opened up my eyes regarding what is actually in my wardrobe vs. what I wear vs. what I believe I need. When trying to lose weight, one is often told to keep a food journal. Often we do not see how much we actually… Continue Reading July Wardrobing Assignment
Tastes change. Suddenly, you like Thai food, even though you didn’t like it a couple of years ago. You used to love soda, but now you find it too sweet. The pink bathroom you adored now irritates you, and you are considering repainting it taupe. It happens. Life happens, and with it, experiences. You grow,… Continue Reading Adjusting the Style Uniform