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"   When her play Love, Loss and What I Wore opened at NYC&amp;#039;s Westside Theatre last fall, Nora Ephron (acting as guest editor for our October issue) invited a talented cast of women, including Meg Ryan, Diane von Furstenberg, and Rosie O&amp;#039;Donnell, to bring their own sartorial stories out of the closet\u2014and onto the pages of ELLE. One monologue from the play, involving a breast-cancer survivor, inspired a moving performance by Caroline Rhea at last night&amp;#039;s spring gala to benefit The Pink Agenda, a charity founded by Marisa Lee after watching her mother&amp;#039;s courageous battle with the disease.  I asked the evening&amp;#039;s host, Lauren Bush, to reveal her own favorite fashion memory. &amp;quot;The first time I wore one of my own creations,&amp;quot; said the Lauren Pierce designer. &amp;quot;Before I had a line, I would make dresses. I wore a navy chiffon one to the CFDA awards\u2014I still have it\u2014and it ended up being selected for the Goddess exhibit at the Met.&amp;quot; Click here to find out more about The Pink Agenda. \u2014Erin Clements Photo: Getty Images "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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