In the past decade blogging, one thing I have learned is that I do NOT have all the answers. Wardrobe Oxygen has been the mindset, opinions, and outlook of a single woman. And while I do research for posts and have much experience shopping and styling women with different lifestyles, figures, and personal styles; I still can only share that information from my point of view. So in 2015 I have decided to add a few more points of view to Wardrobe Oxygen!
I'd like to introduce you to three new columnists for Wardrobe Oxygen. I will continue to post the same amount of content and on the same subjects, but have invited these women to write one post a month sharing experiences from their point of view. I chose these three women because I like them, I admire them, and think they will add a new perspective to Wardrobe Oxygen. There will only be one columnist post per week, and each of them are writing about a different subject that I have wanted to delve into further here at Wardrobe Oxygen.
In 2005, Alison Santighian had it with her Day Job. On a cold, raw day after some last straw incident at work, she asked herself, quite literally, "If I were doing something completely different than what I'm doing now, what would it be?" "Fashion writing," came the answer. So she called her then fiancé, now husband and told him what had happened. "Why don't you start a blog?" he suggested.
Alison had no idea what a blog was, but the next day she checked it out, and, with her first blog post in December 2005, became one of the pioneers of the DC fashion blogging scene. She wanted to make Fashion (capital "F") accessible to the average woman, especially in DC and has done that with DC Celine. Her blog has given her opportunities to be sent to New York Fashion Week to report on the collections, and she writes about fashion for publications like Glass Magazine.
By day, Alison's a contractor for the federal government, using her super powers to serve our country, but by night (after bedtime for her "Beans" now 7 and almost 5), she pines after the "it" factor. Alison and her husband (known as "H") don't believe badass has an expiration date, so they hit concerts, shows, restaurants, and openings across the globe. She's a fan of social media, learn more about Alison on Twitter and Instagram.
Chelsea Henderson is an aspiring novelist and recovering Capitol Hill staffer. When she isn't sneaking time to finish writing her second book, she advocates on behalf of clean energy and environmental policy, reads, practices yoga, and single parents her perpetually hungry pre-teen boys. She also periodically contributes to her lifestyle blog, the Chelsea Chronicles and is intermittently good at Twitter. Also be sure to check out this recent feature on her at Alexandria Stylebook to learn more about her (and to see a peek of her effortlessly chic personal style).
A Harlequin romance author and former newspaper crime reporter, Phyllis Bourne writes to feed a growing lipstick addiction. A two-time nominee for Romance Writer's of America's Golden Heart, she has also been nominated for a RT BOOKReviews Reviewer's Choice Award and won Georgia Romance Writer's prestigious Maggie Award of Excellence.
When she's not at the computer, Phyllis can be found at a cosmetics counter or her favorite hair salon spending the grocery money. She lives in Nashville with an understanding husband, who in one kiss can discern the difference between department store and drug store lip gloss.
Read more about Phyllis at www.phyllisbourne.com, and check out her Amazon author page. Also learn more about the woman behind the books via her Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook.
I can't wait to see what these three women will contribute to Wardrobe Oxygen, and I look forward to your feedback and comments on their posts!