Be sure to have an outfit for the major occasions of life: 1) a wedding, 2) a funeral, 3) a job interview, 4) a public appearance/event. They come up rarely but not necessarily when you have the time, funds, inclination or access to a great store to find something fab and fast.

– Caitlin Kelly, the broad behind the excellent blog Broadside, journalist, and author of the recently published Malled: My Unintentional Career in Retail which is sitting patiently in my Amazon.com shopping cart until my next paycheck