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Fashion web meltdown alert: "First, Groupon shuts down from too many people trying to buy Gap discounts. Then, the website for Lincoln Center's gigantic public fashion show on Fashion's Night Out abandons online ticketing after not even loading, and now, after just a half-hour of being on sale, only the $250+ seats remain, and people are already scalping sold-out $25 tickets." [RNY]