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 just bought this chambray blazer from J. Crew but I don’t know what to wear it with so I don’t look like my mom who wears denim blazers all the time. I wore denim blazers last time they were popular and need ideas on how to look new. Thanks! When I started this blog… Continue Reading Ask Allie: Styling a Chambray Blazer
Well, hello there, everyone, from the snowy Washington, DC, region! I’m heading into my third week with my broken arm. Last week, I was approved for six weeks of short-term disability. Today, I was supposed to go to the orthopedicist for my checkup, but with the ice and snow we got last night and today,… Continue Reading Allie Update: Broken Arm
Sorry but black is NOT flattering to most women especially those of us who are of a certain age, have silver or gray hair and drier skin. I find it frustrating that you constantly recommend black when the majority of your audience would look atrocious in such a shade. What if you cannot wear black… Continue Reading Wardrobe Staples: An Alternative to Basic Black
I don’t like wearing pants but as a feminist I feel I should embrace them. I want to be respected for my thoughts and not seen first as a woman but it’s hard to do so in a dress. Any tips on how to incorporate pants into the wardrobe of a petite plus sized apple… Continue Reading Ask Allie: Feminism and Fashion
I will be going to London for two weeks. I was told it was cold and overcast the whole time. We will be in London for much of the time, but will be going to a lot of sites all over the south of England: Bath, Avebury, Glastonbury, Salisbury, etc. I need to pack (ideally… Continue Reading Ask Allie: What to Pack for England
Hi everyone! Greetings from my living room couch, where I’ll be spending my days for a while. Monday I went to the orthopedist and he told me that my radius broke and parts of it chipped off so they were going to do surgery and put in a metal plate to reconnect the bone. While… Continue Reading From the Couch of Alison Gary
I love back and navy together, but how do you wear them together? I try and I look messy. I wear mostly black, white and gray but my hair is going gray and I think navy would be a better choice than gray for me now. I like a classic look, no crazy clothes too… Continue Reading Ask Allie: Styling Navy with Black
I recently graduated from university and have started job hunting and I realized that I don’t have much clothing that is very appropriate for interviews. I have a navy blazer that I sometimes wear with jeans for going out, but I don’t know what I can wear it with besides jeans. Do you have any… Continue Reading Ask Allie: Styling a Navy Blazer
I remember as a child, my mom always had cashmere-lined leather gloves for winter. They fit her… well like a glove! I would try them on and they didn’t fit; though I had smaller hands at the time, the gloves had molded to her slender fingers, the shape of her palm. I felt having gloves… Continue Reading Little Bits of Luxury: Leather Gloves