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.
I think a big part of fashion that people don’t realize is that it rarely works straight off the rack. Those women who look so effortlessly chic, polished and put together actually do a lot of behind-the-scenes preparation to get to that point. I call MacGyver Fashion – while some is pretty standard, many are… Continue Reading MacGyver Fashion
February 2011, I attended my first blogger event. A few fashion and beauty bloggers in the DC area decided to get together for cocktails and brainstorming. Thanks to that happy hour, I got to know Katherine Martinez, blogger, business owner, designer, and True Fashionista. Katherine always amazes me when I see her – she will… Continue Reading True Fashionista: Interview with Katherine Martinez
Allie, can you help me with some “Day to Play” looks? You do this effortlessly, but I am clueless on how to make a dress work for the office and then for a date or after-work event. Help! Can you suggest some work to play looks on your blog? Thinking how to dress for the… Continue Reading Ask Allie: Day to Play Styling of a Dress
I would appreciate some styling help with a few dresses I bought. Will you help me style them the way you do on your blog? That is you will talk about a garment you purchased. You will say what you will pair with it at work, for an evening out, for a more casual look.… Continue Reading Ask Allie: Dress Styling Assistance
Since the beginning of this blog in 2005, I have used the term True Fashionista to describe those women who break the rules and look fabulous doing it. Those women who don’t study sartorial self-help books, don’t need advice on how to minimize or emphasize a certain part of their body. They know themselves, how… Continue Reading True Fashionista: A Series and a Source of Inspiration
Dear Alison, I don’t feel comfortable in any heel over 2” but I really want a fun shoe wardrobe. It seems that every low heel is frumpy and boring. Where does a shoe lover find sexy and stylish low heels? Dear fellow shoe lover, sexy, fashionable, and fun shoes do exist without sky-high heels! Here’s… Continue Reading Ask Allie: Sexy and Stylish Low Heels
Alison, you said you couldn’t wear heels after you had Emerson yet you wear them now, how did you get used to them again? I stopped when I gained a lot of weight but have lost 63 pounds on Medifast and want to wear heels again. Any suggestions? How does one adjust to wearing heels?… Continue Reading Ask Allie: Wearing Heels
Do you ever see a company and think, “Why didn’t I think of that?” A company that has such a brilliant idea that is unique, inspiring, and helpful? I thought all that when Gwynnie Bee contacted me to let me know about their program. I was so excited about the concept I had to be… Continue Reading Gwynnie Bee: Clothing Without Commitment
It may be 100 degrees outside, but in my heart I’m already craving fall fashion. The Nordstrom Anniversary Sale just ended, and now we’re all getting September issues of fashion magazines in our mailboxes. There are many trends that are hot for the upcoming cooler months – some that are truly wearable for all women,… Continue Reading Fall 2012 Fashion Trends: What I’m Loving