When I was in high school I obsessed over certain bands and singers. Sometimes it was because their lyrics spoke to me, their beats could make me dance all night… but usually it was because of image. Some hot guy mourning over a girl, a badass woman with a nose ring singing about female empowerment.… Continue Reading Concert Review: Jim James
I wrote about this exercise last week, and have been thinking about it a lot. What WOULD my 80-year-old self say to my 38-year-old self? Dear Young Alison. You asked for my advice, well here you go! Sleep more. Walk more, you’ll need that endurance and strength to get to this age. Spend less time… Continue Reading A Letter from My 80-Year-Old Self
Close your eyes and think about your 15-year-old self. If you could go back in time and give her some advice, what would it be? It gets better? Don’t be so hard on yourself? Focus more on books than boys? You are beautiful, give it a year or two and the rest of the world… Continue Reading A Conversation With Yourself
I’m not going to become a lifestyle blog, but I have read and seen and listened to some pretty fantastic and interesting things lately (and some not so awesome but popular things) and wanted to share. My friend Nicole calls her music reviews All Up in My Earholes and I love that; this is my… Continue Reading What My Brain Has Been Absorbing
Do you love blogging your personal style but don’t know how to get your blog off the ground? Do you find blogging fun but know nothing about coding, Photohop, and the technical aspects of blogging? Are you a brand new blogger and unsure how to make your blog look the ways other blogs look? You… Continue Reading Not Fashion Related: Blogging 101
I can’t imagine wearing boots to a music festival! I saw your post on Inforoo saying you wear them but it seems so hot I plan to wear some TOMS what’s the benefit of boots?-family: I know you’ve been to music festivals before, what do you recommend for shoes? I’ve been to Bonnaroo several times,… Continue Reading Ask Allie: Music Festival Fashion with Boots
There’s a lot of aspects of social media that I like, one big one is the special occasions like Follow Friday (#FF on Twitter) and Throwback Thursday (#TBT on both Twitter and Instagram). Throwback Thursday is awesome because you see pictures of those you follow from years ago. I especially love seeing fashion bloggers from… Continue Reading Throwback Thursday Apr, 11, 2013
Oh April, the time of year where every fashion blog and website claims to be an expert on what to wear and take to a music festival yet fails miserably. As soon as I see a romper or designer picnic blanket recommended I know that author has never attended a music festival, nor likely an… Continue Reading Legit Music Festival Fashion Advice
I refused a thousand dollars. I was recently offered $1,000 for a series of sponsored posts, some social media promotion, a giveaway. Not a horrible brand, but a brand that I don’t own or plan to ever own, a brand that doesn’t fit with Wardrobe Oxygen. A thousand dollars is a lot of money. It’s… Continue Reading When to Say When?