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While the “official” contract between Oiselle and Alison comes to a close this summer, the partnership and support will continue. Let’s take a mome...

For our fifth part of our “18 Questions” interview series with some of our professional athletes and advisors, we went for a stroll in Magnuson Par...

August 11, 1973 is considered to be the birthday of Hip Hop. To celebrate, we’d like to share this blog post by one of our Volée members, Karen Bag...

I just finished running through 9 months of infertility treatment followed by 38 weeks of pregnancy. And let me tell you…it was a ride! Read about ...

Don’t call it a comeback. Carrie Mack’s been here for years. And yet, Carrie’s Eugene Half Marathon race on Sunday, May 1, is a comeback. Or rather...

Community. To some, gathering may be more magical in person, to others the magic comes from a mid-day check in direct message that gives you the bo...

I recently reached out to my Oiselle Volée teammates to ask them about their ‘first bra stories,’ because I think that moment (or shopping trip or ...

We play "18 Questions" with Paralympian, Haute Volée wheelchair athlete, and 90s music lover Jenna Fesemyer. Come on in and get to know her better!

Turns out, according to research, it is unlady-like to be active and healthy. And potentially very dangerous to the human species as a whole, as th...

Today, March 31, is International Transgender Day of Visibility, an event begun in 2009 by transgender activist Rachel Crandall Crocker to highligh...

Athlete-Advisors at Oiselle. Each represents Oiselle in running/sports via their individual pursuits, and as part of the Oiselle Advisory Group, wh...

If 2022 is a wall, most of us are tip-toeing towards it, slowly peeking our heads over or around it while bracing for whatever we might find on the...

We are very excited to share the growing momentum of our Bras for Girls donation program. Thanks to your involvement and commitment, 2022 is going ...

We asked The Nest to share their reflections on the wild year that was 2021. Thank you to our wing women for their thoughts, wisdom, and belief in ...

Athlete-Advisors at Oiselle. Each represents Oiselle in running/sports via their individual pursuits, and as part of the Oiselle Advisory Group, wh...

Renewed togetherness… yep, this is the concept. I know because we’ve been discussing it for months. Thankfully, I’ve been buoyed by some recent exp...

When leaders of Trinity Episcopal Church in Indianapolis (where Volée teammate Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows serves as Bishop) learned that LGBTQ+ y...

Oiselle was honored to recently partner with Mechelle Lewis Freeman, Jennifer Forrester, and TrackGirlz to present storytelling by the legendary Ti...

After trying on a pair of running shorts, a switch flipped for Volée teammate Katie Ahrens. Little did she know that pair of running shorts would l...

In 1928, Marylou Jackson, Velma Jackson, Ethyl Miller, Leolya Nelson, and Constance White set a challenge - cycle 250-mi from Harlem, NY to Washing...

Josephine Law, assistant manager at the Oiselle Flagship Store, covers the history of Seattle’s International District and reflects on how cultural...

Protections for mothers everywhere are essential to life and sport. In this blog we proudly announce Oiselle's partnership with &Mother, a non-...

This week, we're profiling someone who has had many roles at Oiselle, Hannah Calvert. It all started with a letter, and five years later her love f...

A story of strength, sobriety, and sexual identity. Our Volée teammate Emily opens up about her history with alcohol - and how substance abuse can ...

We are excited to announce that Alison Mariella Désir is joining our Leadership Team in Seattle as the Director of Sports Advocacy. The newly creat...

"This past week, while white supremacists desecrated the Capitol Building, carrying symbols of hate and racism, all I felt was disgust and outrage....

Oiselle's social media specialist, Rebecca, began writing a weekly series highlighting the stories of women in athletics. After starting with some ...

Get to know Volée teammate Dinée Dorame. Dog mom to two Schnoodle pups and a citizen of the Navajo Nation, Dinée is elevating Indigenous voices thr...

Food insecurity is a growing stressor for many families during this time of Covid, and there are so many ways to give: volunteering at a local food...

Oiselle athlete and Littlewing teammate Rebecca Mehra recently sprained her ankle doing a drill at practice. Luckily the kittens she had adopted ju...

We are so happy to report the Bras for Girls donation program is thriving and making a positive impact. We have donated more than 9,000 sports bras...

Oiselle teammate and marathoner Andie Cozzarelli shares her reality of 2020, coping with isolation, anxiety, and depression. None of us are alone.

As I write in the opening spread of Bird Machine, our first-ever publication, lifting athlete voices is core to Oiselle. And while this piece also ...

You’ve heard us say Community is Everything and for some, this community is literally right outside their doorstep. With the pandemic causing quara...

Connecting with other teammates can be challenging in the middle of a pandemic, so how do we do it? Our Volée Community App. 

What a journey! Beginning with our first conversations more than a year ago, to watching the relay play out online over the past week - our hearts ...

Vaulter Magazine recently reposted an image that prominently featured a confederate flag. It was offensive, divisive, and absolutely unacceptable t...

This community has shown up big time. We maxed out the relay with 10,000 registrants - phenomenal! 10,000 racers will make this race bigger than 82...

We have been incredibly honored to partner with Run 4 All Women, who have done much heavy lifting and behind the scenes work to make this relay hap...

As a company that values community and making a positive impact through the sharing of experiences, we’re sharing ours, with the hope that a reader...

On March 24th, 2019, I found myself in Dodger Stadium, waiting for the Los Angeles Marathon to start. Despite the nervous energy of the thousands o...

Haute Volée marathoner Carrie Mack has had to continually re-adjust to what 2020 has thrown at her. From a broken toe just weeks before the maratho...

We're so lucky to be working with Run For All Women ambassador, Keshia, on Womxn Run the Vote relay planning. Keshia has put her expertise to work,...

Currently, some of the worst fires in history are running through the west, from California to Colorado. Likely, if you're anywhere west of the Mis...

"I might have blacked out in 2008. It was Oiselle’s second year in business, when I took out a second mortgage on our home, and put my children to ...

Oiselle and Run 4 All Women are overjoyed with the enthusiasm for our recently launched Womxn Run the Vote Relay. Why did we choose to partner with...

There’s been a dust up in the running world about the recent study from Duke University looking at the effectiveness of gaiters as a protective gar...

Oiselle and Run 4 All Women are excited to open registration for Women Run the Vote 3.0: The Alabama Black Belt Run, which will benefit Black Voter...

I am telling my story for the sake of normalizing it. To talk about race, and not the type we run around in ovals for. To learn about it. And to em...

"Good news: I have someone to run with during a pandemic. Bad news: my new running partner has slowed me way down since day one, when they were the...