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"It&amp;#x27;s always a hoot watching my non-fashion friends clamor to be my &amp;quot;plus one&amp;quot; at fashion week parties, anxious to swill free booze, show off the clothes they can&amp;#x27;t wear to their civilian lives, and maybe, just maybe, get a glimpse at an A-lister. Their initiation? My primer on acting cool around any celebs we may run into. And just &amp;#x27;cause I like you, I&amp;#x27;ll share it with you too, in case you ever cross paths with Gwen Stefani... I brought my friends Stacey and Vanessa with me to Charlotte Ronson&amp;#x27;s after party at the new hotspot Abe &amp;amp; Arthur&amp;#x27;s last night, and there was no lack of star gazing (BTW--party goers also got a sneak peek at Style Savvy, a new game from Nintendo DS and DSi where you can shop and style your own outfits - you&amp;#x27;ll even see some of Charlotte&amp;#x27;s designs in there. How cool is that? Okay enough geeking out). Nicky Hilton, Devon Aoki, Erin Lucas from The City, Kirsten Dunst, and of course, Charlotte&amp;#x27;s DJ sister (and sometime Lilo paramour) Sam Ronson were all there, busting a move on the upstairs dance floor. &amp;quot;BE COOL!&amp;quot; I warned the ladies. And here&amp;#x27;s how: 1. When in doubt, TEXT. If you think that maybe, possibly, you&amp;#x27;re standing directly behind Blake Lively in the bathroom line but you&amp;#x27;re not positive, don&amp;#x27;t dare start whispering to your bestie next to you. That&amp;#x27;s what cell phones were invented for, silly! 2. No pointing allowed. Yes, you&amp;#x27;ve seen her on TV/in a gossip magazine/on the cover of Glamour. But guess what? She&amp;#x27;s also just a normal person, like you and I, and it makes her feel kiiiiinda uncomfortable when you treat her like a giraffe at the zoo. 3. But it&amp;#x27;s okay to smile. This goes back to that whole they&amp;#x27;re-real-people-too thing. If you happen to lock eyes with your favorite A-lister, acknowledge them with a warm grin instead of getting all goofy and awkward. So many people lose their cool around celebs, it&amp;#x27;s a relief when they run into someone normal who doesn&amp;#x27;t. 4. If you must have a photo opp, be polite about it. I&amp;#x27;ve been covering fashion week for eight seasons now (and the celeb party circuit for a year or two before that), and only once did I totally lose my cool and beg a celeb to pose with me. And yes dolls, that woman was the one and only Joan Rivers. Here&amp;#x27;s how to do it right: &amp;quot;Oh my goodness, hi Joan, I&amp;#x27;m so sorry to interrupt you and I&amp;#x27;m sure you get this all the time but I&amp;#x27;m the biggest fan and I would love to get a photo with you.&amp;quot; 5. Don&amp;#x27;t sing their songs/repeat your favorite movie lines/attempt to play them to them. I once worked on a photo shoot with a male model from Zoolander who had the famous line &amp;quot;ORANGE MOCHA FRAPPUCCINO!&amp;quot; and he told me if a fan said it to him one more time, he&amp;#x27;d puke. They&amp;#x27;ve heard it all. A thousand times. And chances are, they&amp;#x27;re trying to move past being known for one throwaway line and go forward with their careers. Let them. Tell me about your own best brushes with fame, dolls! Have you ever had a chance encounter with a celebrity? Which one? How did you act? Did you follow my quick and simple guide for being nonchalant? SHARE! 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! Photo: Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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