Filene's has made a tradition of brides scrambling for wedding gown steals with "The Running of the Brides," and today, there was one at the Union Square location. Racked was there and dazed reporter . Fawnia Soo Hoo wrote, "I thought I'd seen it all at sample sales, but there are girls in bras and undies everywhere and these pervy news guys are loving it. They keep walking through the crowd and talking snaps. These women are all going to end up in the newspaper in their underwear!" Also, there was the opening stampede—check out this video
The first people in line arrived last night at 9:30 p.m and brides, and their friends and families and sometimes fiances, barter with other brides for the right size—check out Racked's liveblog and this video from the Daily News.
