The Express Runway Show Broke a Guinness World Record

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  More than 1,000 fans stood in line at Times Square on Saturday, July 23rd to walk in the largest runway show ever.
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  Express planned to break the previous Guinness World Record of 521 participants in a runway show (set by Galeries Lafayette in Paris in 2010).
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  Fans donned "model for a minute" Express t-shirts as they walked the Times Square sidewalk runway.
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  Although the heat kept many others away from Times Square, 1,243 Express fans stuck it out for the opportunity to walk the runway.
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  Tourists and even a few Express-crazed New Yorkers walked the runway.
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  Times Square icon The Naked Cowboy strutted his stuff.
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  Officers from the NYPD participated as well.
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  Fans walked away with their "model for a minute" t-shirts and a free photo of themselves.
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  The final number of participants was totaled at 1,243 (more than twice the previous record).
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  Express was presented with official acknowledgement when the show broke the Guinness World Record.
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  At 9pm the formal Express Holiday 2011 collection was presented on the same runway in Times Square.
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  French designer Catherine Malandrino took in the Holiday 2011 collection from the front row.

Last Saturday while the rest of us were dozing in front of our air conditioners, 1,243 Express fans braved the heat to walk a massive runway in Times Square. In an effort to break the previous Guinness World Record, Express set up the largest runway show ever with free t-shirts and the chance to be a "model for a minute." Participants included The Naked Cowboy, members of the NYPD, tourists and locals. Later that night Express held a formal runway show presenting their Holiday 2011 collection in front of thousands of fans and designer Catherine Malandrino. -Alexa Gordon
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