Tuesday, October 09, 2007

Mannequins mauled in clothes sale frenzy

Feverish shoppers ripped clothes off shop mannequins during a bargain store sale which ended in trouble and police being called.

One man was arrested when trendy fashion retailer Clockwork Orange opened a store at the Junction One retail outlet in Antrim.

Mannequins

Product manager Will McCooke said some people had lost all sense. "We had beautiful girls with designer handbags and designer sunglasses on their hands and knees grabbing clothes," he said.

"It was completely primeval - it was like hunter-gatherers. Within half an hour of the store opening the windows had been ransacked by people coming in and ripping the clothes off the mannequins and just leaving the mannequins on the ground. They were literally tearing the mannequins apart to get the clothes."

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