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"There was near hysteria (the good kind) on Glamour.com&amp;amp;#8217;s Save the Date wedding blog when news broke that Vera Wang, the queen of bridal gowns and designer of dresses for everyone from Jennifer Lopez to Chelsea Clinton, would be doing a line for the affordable chain David&amp;amp;#8217;s Bridal . &amp;amp;#8220;Is it wrong that I got really excited about this and I&amp;amp;#8217;m not even dating anyone right now?&amp;amp;#8221; asked one commenter. So we dropped to one knee and proposed: &amp;amp;#8220;Vera, will you give our brides the exclusive first chance to try on your gowns? Will you work your Vera magic and flatter their every curve?&amp;amp;#8221; You know what she said? &amp;amp;#8220;I will.&amp;amp;#8221; And she did! What Do All of These Couples Have in Common? They each made Glamour&amp;amp;#8217;s Engagement Chicken&amp;amp;#8212;and it worked! Once upon a time, a Glamour editor gave her assistant a favorite roast chicken recipe. The assistant made it for her boyfriend&amp;amp;#8230;who shortly thereafter proposed. So, in rapid succession, did a series of other boyfriends, and in 2004 we published the recipe, dubbing it Engagement Chicken. Since then, 60-plus women have said it&amp;amp;#8217;s done the trick for them. Intrigued? Read the whole story in our upcoming book 100 Recipes Every Woman Should Know: Engagement Chicken and 99 Other Fabulous Dishes to Get You Everything You Want in Life; it&amp;amp;#8217;s out April 5. You can preorder it now on amazon.com &amp;amp;#8212;or, if you&amp;amp;#8217;re having a romance emergency, find the engagement chicken recipe here. Next: SEE THE WEDDING DRESS MAKEOVERS &amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;gt; Gown, $1,000, sash, $38, White by Vera Wang The Girly-Girl Bride: Kim Santa Cruz, Calif. Her love story: Kim Wilson, 22, and her fianc&amp;amp;eacute;, Travis Guiley, owe it all to Pictionary. &amp;amp;#8220;We were playing it at a party,&amp;amp;#8221; she recalls, &amp;amp;#8220;and he put his hand on my knee. I looked over at my friend and raised my eyebrows at her, like, &amp;amp;#8216;I think he likes me!&amp;amp;#8221; Three years later he proposed&amp;amp;#8212;after she&amp;amp;#8217;d made Engagement Chicken, of course. Her style: &amp;amp;#8220;I would like to accentuate my neck and collarbone,&amp;amp;#8221; Wilson told us, so she was thrilled when Wang chose this strapless style for her. &amp;amp;#8220;It&amp;amp;#8217;s so flattering!&amp;amp;#8221; There&amp;amp;#8217;s a reason strapless&amp;amp;#8212;once considered risque&amp;amp;#8212;is now classic: &amp;amp;#8220;It lets a bride be beautifully bare and still extremely elegant,&amp;amp;#8221; says Wang. &amp;amp;#8220;And I love bows&amp;amp;#8212;they symbolize femininity to me.&amp;amp;#8221; The Oh-So-Romantic Bride: Kelly &amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;gt; Gown, $1,200, White by Vera Wang The Oh-So-Romantic Bride: Kelly San Antonio Her love story: The chef behind this Engagement Chicken proposal? The groom! Kelly Price, 26, and Brandon Geyer had been together six years when Price found Geyer making dinner one night. &amp;amp;#8220;He doesn&amp;amp;#8217;t usually cook,&amp;amp;#8221; she says, &amp;amp;#8220;so I put on my little black dress in honor of the occasion.&amp;amp;#8221; Geyer had heard about our magic chicken recipe on The Howard Stern Show (yes, Howard&amp;amp;#8217;s wife, Beth, used it!), and made it to set the stage for his proposal. Says Price: &amp;amp;#8220;Before I knew it, he was on one knee!&amp;amp;#8221; Her style: &amp;amp;#8220;I was worried about finding a stylish dress in my size,&amp;amp;#8221; says Price, who&amp;amp;#8217;s a 16. &amp;amp;#8220;The ones I&amp;amp;#8217;ve seen are so dowdy.&amp;amp;#8221; Wang agrees: &amp;amp;#8220;When you&amp;amp;#8217;re bigger, more fabric doesn&amp;amp;#8217;t necessarily make you look thinner. I love that this dress shows her shape.&amp;amp;#8221; The gown has Price swooning: &amp;amp;#8220;I know Brandon would marry me in anything, but this is my dream dress!&amp;amp;#8221; The Fairy-Tale Bride: Alyssa &amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;gt; Gown, $600, veil, $148, White by Vera Wang The Fairy-Tale Bride: Alyssa Boston Her love story: Alyssa Gugliotti, 26, got to know her husband-to-be, Lyle Stevens, after he bid on a date with her (and won!) at her sorority&amp;amp;#8217;s charity auction. &amp;amp;#8220;On our date, we spent hours talking,&amp;amp;#8221; she says, &amp;amp;#8220;and as corny as it sounds, by the end of the evening, I knew he was something special.&amp;amp;#8221; Three and a half years later, Gugliotti decided it was time to make Engagement Chicken, a recipe she&amp;amp;#8217;d stored in the back of her cookbook after getting it from a friend five years earlier. Her style: Gugliotti had always imagined herself in a fairly traditional ball gown, but she fell in love with the style she&amp;amp;#8217;s wearing here. &amp;amp;#8220;It&amp;amp;#8217;s ethereal but still sexy,&amp;amp;#8221; she says. &amp;amp;#8220;I love the lace overlay that transitions into straps.&amp;amp;#8221; And Wang believes taking a break from tradition can be a good thing. &amp;amp;#8220;When I got married, there wasn&amp;amp;#8217;t a lot to choose from, and what was there was really generic,&amp;amp;#8221; says Wang. &amp;amp;#8220;Now the idea of &amp;amp;#8216;What is a wedding dress?&amp;amp;#8217; has been transformed.&amp;amp;#8221; The Classic Bride: Irene &amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;gt; Gown, $1,400, sash, $148, bow, $58 (sold as part of sash), White by Vera Wang The Classic Bride: Irene Cleveland Heights, Ohio Her love story: Irene Mayher, 26, prepared the chicken for fianc&amp;amp;eacute; Dave Strachan after getting the recipe from her sister, who&amp;amp;#8217;d successfully made it for her guy. Four months later, the recipe delivered. After Strachan proposed, says Mayher, &amp;amp;#8220;he surprised me with a party full of family and friends waiting to celebrate.&amp;amp;#8221; Her style: Mayher wanted something conservative. &amp;amp;#8220;I&amp;amp;#8217;m fairly modest,&amp;amp;#8221; she says. &amp;amp;#8220;I wouldn&amp;amp;#8217;t wear a strapless wedding dress.&amp;amp;#8221; Wang obliged. &amp;amp;#8220;Part of picking a flattering dress is knowing what you will feel comfortable in,&amp;amp;#8221; Wang says. A touch of beading from the strategically placed sash makes the dress interesting."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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