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.
As someone who has a large bust, a round rear, and a soft belly, I understand how hard it can be to buy suiting. I wanted to share my tips on where to find the best suiting for curvy women. For years, I struggled to find suiting to accommodate my soft curves. I am 5’3″… Continue Reading Where to Shop For The Best Suiting for Curvy Women
If you’re looking at this season’s fashion trends and feel it is all too dark, autumnal, or brown, do not worry. This is not a year where you need to wear THE color to look fashionable. And this is also a year where a pop of a beautiful color can elevate a look and also… Continue Reading Pops of Color for Fall/Winter 2024
Leather is a big trend this fall. On top of that, there are many leather-heavy fall fashion trends in 2024 that are clearly reminiscent of trends we already wore in past decades. How to style the leather trend now, as a grown woman, and not look like Leather Tuscadero? Don’t get me wrong, if you… Continue Reading How to Style The Leather Trend for Fall 2024
This time of year there are soooo many articles about the fashion trends for fall/winter. And sometimes those trends seem accessible, say a color or skinny jeans, but often fashion trends aren’t accessible. It is only for certain body shapes, abilities, or sizes, certain bank account shapes and sizes, even certain skintones. Fall/2024 is showing… Continue Reading Americana Chic: The Most Accessible Fashion Trend of Fall/Winter 2024
Fresh for Fall 2024, the most stylish wide calf boots for grown women. Quality and style and looks that will remain chic years from now and all with over a 16″ calf circumference. Continue Reading The Best Stylish Wide Calf Boots
Sharing my best buys from Quince clothing and what I am considering to add to my wardrobe and home this season. Continue Reading What Caught My Eye at Quince This Season
How books and authors seem to fall into my life at just the right time. Sharing the audiobooks that have helped me through my retina surgery and the death of my mother. Continue Reading The Right Author at the Right Time
I am all about finding ways to maintain your current wardrobe so you can have it last and buy less. I was thrilled to learn about AlterKnit New York, a company that does expert invisible repairs to garments to extend their life and maintain their style. Specializing in invisibly repairing knits, I invited Miriam Mades… Continue Reading How to Care for Sweaters and Knitwear by an Expert
When I started this blog in 2005, I made a capsule wardrobe of staples for every woman’s wardrobe and in it, I had a Going Out Top. That was a top that was shiny, sparkly, beaded, and not too risque. For example, I had a blush sequined top back in the late ’00s; I could… Continue Reading Going Out Tops for Grown-Ass Women