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.
Heading back to the office? Very simple pieces to add to your closet to make it work friendly for less. Continue Reading How to Head Back to the Office Without Buying a Whole New Wardrobe
In 2000, you could go to the mall and buy a pair of jeans at Gap, Levi’s, or Express for less than $50. If you went to buy a car, on average it would cost $21,000 and gas for it would be about $1.50 a gallon. If you bought a home in 2000, on average,… Continue Reading Fast Fashion Destroyed Our Concept of Price and Value
Based on what I’ve seen so far from Paris Haute Couture and Copenhagen Fashion Weeks, the interest in quiet luxury, and the desire to buy less, thrifting, and sticking to classics, and even the 2025 Pantone color of the year… 2025 is going to be a big year for the trench coat. Is 2025 the… Continue Reading Is 2025 the Year of the Trenchcoat?
I don’t love comparing humans to fruit, but I do know certain body shapes have different needs and issues with fit. Here, I discuss apple shapes with slimmer legs and hips and a fuller top half, the best jeans to buy and shopping tips. Continue Reading Best Jeans for Apple Shapes
I love that green has become a popular color in fashion; for a long time, designers didn’t use much green because of superstitions. Is the color green unlucky? I share why there is such superstition over the color green in fashion and would love your thoughts below in the comments! Where Did the Superstition About… Continue Reading Superstition and The Color Green in Fashion
Sharing t-shirts, sweatshirts, hats, socks, bags, and more that share your beliefs while also giving back to important organizations. Continue Reading Stylish Ways to Support Human Rights
23 different fashion brands that offer stylish colorful clothing great for us grown women. A range of pricepoints and several sustainable brands and plus size offerings. Continue Reading Colorful Clothing for Grown-Ass Women
In the 2025 Starting Style from Scratch series, I shared a collection of items that I believe can create a strong foundation for the closet of a woman in midlife. Today I want to share some outfit inspiration; looks that could be created from this capsule wardrobe to wear for everyday situations. I love making… Continue Reading Starting Style from Scratch: Outfit Inspiration and Style Hacks
A big question that brings folks to Wardrobe Oxygen this time of year is how to handle very cold temperatures while staying stylish. While it’s frigid right now by DC standards, I don’t deal with such cold temps regularly and would never consider myself an expert on cold weather fashion. Below are the winter-style tips… Continue Reading Refined Winter Fashion Tips: Warm Fashion for Cold Weather