Advice

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The Brits have some tips for us New Yorkers on how to survive Topshop's opening day. The first: "Bring reinforcements, ideally two disinterested parties - one to wait in fitting-room queues while you riffle through the rails of itty-bitty Kate Moss frocks, and another to stand with arms ready to catch said frocks as you hurl them over the heads of your competitors. Fellow shoppers, that is." [Guardian]