Real-Life Style for Grown Women by Alison Gary
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The Best Cold Coffee at Home: Cumulus Coffee Machine Review
We love iced coffee, but we never make it at home. We look forward to our Sunday mornings when we take our dogs for a walk and make a point to stop by our Farmers Market to get our cold coffees. We often comment on the flavor and quality of the coffee, and we dream…
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Travel-Friendly & Work-Friendly Fall Capsule Wardrobe: No Black,
Black is the default neutral for many capsule wardrobes, and I'll admit it's often mine with my capsule wardrobes. But I am often asked to create a capsule wardrobe with no black. This season, with the popularity of chocolate brown, it's a great time to build your wardrobe around that color, find great staples that…
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Weekend Reads for Saturday the 13th
I have been feeling low. Empty. My therapist suggested I return to what got me out of a hole I was in back in 2014: meditation and Brene Brown. I pulled up Daring Greatly from my Audible archives, horrified to find it was replaced by AI reading the book, and bought another copy. And I…
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Since 2005, Wardrobe Oxygen has offered real-life personal style advice for grown women. Capsule wardrobes, travel guides, inclusive fashion, and the personal style and outfits of Alison Gary, a 40-something working mom and style consultant.
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Navigating perimenopause, aging parents, children becoming adults, and other aspects of midlife
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This is a safe space for grown-ass women who still give a sh*t but have fewer f*cks to give. Wardrobe Oxygen is here to translate the trends and help you know which ones to care about and which to ignore. Regular capsule wardrobes to assist you in having big style with a small closet. Honest reviews of fashion and labels to know which ones deserve your hard-earned money. And how to be stylish on your terms within your available time and lifestyle. I'm so glad to have you here!
–Alison Gary, Editor-in-Chief
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