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.
This weekend I attended a wedding. Weddings are difficult days to dress for. What time is the wedding? Where is it located? What religion is the couple? What is your role (or the role of your date) in this wedding? What colors are unacceptable? Below I share what to wear for any kind of wedding…… Continue Reading What to Wear for Any Kind of Wedding
Merino wool is a very fine, high quality wool. It’s thin yet warm, it holds color beautifully, it stretches, it dresses up or down. And best of all? It holds up nicely to multiple washings on the gentle cycle with Woolite, and can dry overnight if hung in a doorway or shower stall. Merino sweaters… Continue Reading The Beauty of Merino Wool
I do not care if you are a size 2 or a size 22, some fashion is just WRONG WRONG WRONG. It may look lovely on the Marc Jacobs runway, but in reality – just pass Go. You will find that same article of clothing on the clearance rack in three weeks. In general, if… Continue Reading What NO WOMAN Needs in Her Wardrobe
I think one reason women are famous for loving shoe shopping is because no matter what mood you are in, how many extra pounds you are carrying, what hips you inherited from your mother, shoes fit and are sexy, fashionable and fun. Woman can not live on shoes alone, so how does one make the… Continue Reading What if I Hate Shopping?
When I was in high school, my family hosted an exchange student from Germany. We became fast friends. She was confident, funny, and a ton of fun. She always was effortly stylish with a very small wardrobe that she brought from home. I wanted to share the style lessons I learned from my exchange student… Continue Reading Style Lessons I Learned From My Exchange Student
I created this list of the staples for every woman’s wardrobe back in 2001 when I had several years of retail apparel management, visual merchandising, product training, and personal styling under my belt. Over the years working with women of different ages, clothing sizes, and shapes I found that certain pieces of clothing just seemed… Continue Reading The 23 Staples For Every Woman’s Wardrobe
A pair of black trousers in a seasonless fabric is a necessity to any woman’s wardrobe. What deems a fabric “seasonless?” This means the pants are not wool, they are not cotton. They are most likely a blend of fabrics, usually a good portion synthetic. Ann Taylor has a seasonless fabric they call Triacetate. Express’… Continue Reading Seasonless Black Trousers
I am watching the BBC version of “What Not to Wear” and for years, prior to this series even, I felt that I should write a book about what few pieces should be in every woman’s wardrobe, be she a size 2 or s size 22. Be it 2005 or 2010, I think they would… Continue Reading The Idea