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"Here&amp;#x27;s the thing about being lucky enough to get invited to an editors-only private shopping event the night before the public--you can almost always expect that it will be less crowded, more civilized, and involve healthy quantities of champagne. But when we&amp;#x27;re talking about Jimmy Choo for H&amp;amp;M, as in the case of Friday night&amp;#x27;s preview event, the fashion-y crowd was smart enough to leave the bubbly undrunk (no dulling of the reflexes when there are $99 Choos involved, duh!) and employ some seriously sophisticated tactics (honed over a lifetime of treating sample sales like a sport) to clothesline you if you tried to get your hands on her shoes. Yes girls, the crowd...went...wild. Check it out, after the jump. The editor preview started at 7pm but the line wrapped well around the block way before that. By the time I got there at five after, it looked like an incredibly well-dressed stampede, and when they threw the doors open, I confess I was kind of frightened. I can only imagine what the scene looked like at the Fifth Avenue flagship the following morning, when the collection debuted to the public (apparently, H&amp;amp;M Choos are already going for double on eBay). Yes, there were barricades (kitted out in Jimmy Choo blue, naturally). And bouncers. The preferred method of shopping seemed to be grabbing as many boxes as your little arms could hold, claiming your own corner of the store (the famously brilliant system-beating Susan and I sneaked upstairs to the third floor dressing room), and engaging in your own 80s movie try-on montage (Journey&amp;#x27;s &amp;quot;Don&amp;#x27;t Stop Believin&amp;quot; soundtrack optional). Sign up for Glamour.com&amp;amp;#8217;s Style Tips of the Week and Beauty Tip of the Day newsletters! I&amp;#x27;m happy to report that we emerged unscathed and left plenty of stuff behind for the hordes that definitely descended first thing Saturday morning. Did any of you girls shop Jimmy Choo for H&amp;amp;M this weekend? Was your store crowded? What did you buy? (Send us a photo of yourself wearing your new stuff!). Share! PLUS: Celebs hit the red carpet in Jimmy Choo for H&amp;amp;M! More Ways to Get Glamour You could win $50,000 just for registering or logging in to Glamour.com! Add Glamour to your iGoogle homepage Follow Slaves to Fashion on Twitter!"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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