From London to Shanghai and now in New York, girls went a-buying their Jimmy Choo shoes. Those economists who are saying that shoe sales are recession proof may be right after all.

Londoners aren’t the only ones queuing up to buy themselves a pair (at least) of Jimmy Choo shoes. Here’s a sizeable crowd in Shanghai waiting for the H&M Department Store to open. What is it with Jimmy Choo shoes that it attracts a special devotion?

Lucky girl Jessica Macdonald shows off her newly bought Jimmy Choo shoes. The shoes went on sale in London and thousands of girls waited outside the H&M store to buy their Jimmy Choos.