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.
In my adult life, I’ve been an English as a Second Language Teacher, a school administrator, a Capitol Hill staffer, an environmental advocate, and an energy lobbyist. I’m also a single mother, a wannabe writer and an intermittent blogger with the best of intentions to post more frequently. I’ve toyed over the years with becoming… Continue Reading A Life, Replotted: Finding My Path
Whatever you do, whatever life throws your way, keep moving forward.
I have lost weight recently and now I am CRAVING color. I am interested in finding some beautiful, bright, jewel-toned pieces to wear mainly for work. I like a bit of structure but having had a personally-dark winter, I just need color. Tops, dresses, and suits. Now that I can shop more on the non-plus… Continue Reading Colorful Cusp Sized Workwear
I’ve done a bit of shopping the past couple of months. My wardrobe was woefully unprepared for the cold; I don’t know what I was wearing up until February last year because this year I just laugh at my thin cardigans and distressed jeans and crave more wool, more fleece, more layers. In the DC… Continue Reading Recent Fashion Purchases – Hits and Misses
Have you seen this quote floating around Pinterest? I have and every time I see someone I know pin it I cringe. I believe in the power of clothing. A great outfit can be a suit of armor that helps you feel confident during a stressful or difficult situation. Wearing a certain type of clothing… Continue Reading Don’t Let Purchases Haunt You
The older I get, the less complicated I want my wardrobe. I remember a time when I bought things less to wear than to have hanging like art in my closet. Now, serenity comes from a smaller closet, fewer choices, but more pieces that make me happy each time I reach for them. This winter… Continue Reading Capsule Wardrobe for the Weekend Warrior
A member of the Wardrobe Oxygen community reached out asking for tips on how to style Chelsea boots. She wanted the style and convenience of this classic pull-on boots but wasn’t exactly sure what to wear with them. Below I share some sample outfits to show ways to wear Chelsea boots in a stylish and… Continue Reading How to Style Chelsea Boots: 5 Looks
Last night I got home from work, went upstairs to change into lounge clothes and saw that someone had messed with the presents. I had wrapped 3/4 of them, and hid them all in the corner of the room under a pile of blankets. I came downstairs to find out Karl had moved the blankets… Continue Reading Merry Christmas
2014, for me, was the year of the bag. I curbed my clothing shopping; I purchased fewer but better-chosen pieces, but I fell hard for handbags. There was the Isabella Fiore tote, the blue Chancebanda, and a few bags I acquired before this year ended up getting more play in 2014 than ever before (hello… Continue Reading AlmaRose Bags Review