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"Nora Ephron likely touched some part of your life even if you don&amp;#x27;t know it--you can thank the legendary filmmaker, who died of leukemia yesterday at age 71, for lifting the lid on phony female orgasms (that would be the &amp;quot;I&amp;#x27;ll have what she&amp;#x27;s having,&amp;quot; scene from perhaps her best-known work, When Harry Met Sally), for making Julia Child relevant again (Julie &amp;amp; Julia was both written and directed by her), and perhaps most surprisingly, for dishing up some seriously good fashion advice. In 2009, Nora and her sister and frequent writing partner, Delia, teamed up to adapt the book Love, Loss, and What I Wore into a funny and touching play featuring a rotating cast of Hollywood heavyweights like Jane Lynch and Brooke Shields. Each actress gave a reading of an essay about a woman&amp;#x27;s wardrobe--and all of the romance, tension, anticipation, resentment, pride, and fear that come wrapped up with it. I got the chance to chat with Nora and Delia as the play was opening, and they shared their wit and wisdom about our closets and what they say about us. My favorite bit from the interview came from this question I put to both sisters: &amp;quot;Why do you think women associate special occasions so closely with clothes?&amp;quot; Nora&amp;#x27;s answer is one I&amp;#x27;ll never forget. &amp;quot;Who would I like to be?&amp;quot; she answered. &amp;quot;Can I achieve a transformation just by changing what I&amp;#x27;m wearing? By the way, the answer to that question is perhaps you can, although probably not.&amp;quot; It&amp;#x27;s insightful, it&amp;#x27;s emotional, it&amp;#x27;s concise and funny enough to fool you into thinking it&amp;#x27;s not as serious as it really is once you start to peel away the layers--in other words, classic Nora Ephron. I always took that advice to mean that clothes can certainly change your outward appearance and by extension, perhaps, your attitude, but at the end of the day, you are who you are, and you better love that person. It was brilliant advice from a brilliant spirit, and we&amp;#x27;ll miss her in infinite ways. Read the full interview with Nora &amp;amp; Delia Ephron, then check out Lauren Brown&amp;#x27;s incredible tribute to her writing idol over at Obsessed, then leave your thoughts in the comments section. Photo: Brian Killian/WireImage"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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