Elements of Style

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Nora and Delia Ephron remember their shared prom dress, but not their dates. They swear up and down that they are not fashionable, but clothes are a big part of their new play, Love, Loss, and What I Wore. "When you ask people about their clothes, what they do is tell you about their lives," Delia says. "Someone will say, 'My husband was wearing a Grateful Dead T-shirt when he told me he didn't want to be married anymore.' For some reason, that's what they remember." [WWD]