And Now, For Some Siriano Runway Shoes

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• NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 10: A model walks the runway with Payless at the Christian Siriano Fall 2011 fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at The Stage at Lincoln Center on February 10, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Arun Nevader/Getty Images
• Photo credit: Cynthia Drescher
• NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 10: A model walks the runway with Payless at the Christian Siriano Fall 2011 fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at The Stage at Lincoln Center on February 10, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Arun Nevader/Getty Images
• NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 10: A model walks the runway at the Christian Siriano Fall 2011 fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at 972 Fifth Avenue on February 10, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for IMG)
  
  
• NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 10: A model walks the runway at the Christian Siriano Fall 2011 fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at 972 Fifth Avenue on February 10, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for IMG)
  
  
• NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 10: A view of shoes backstage at the Christian Siriano Fall 2011 show with FIJI Water, official bottled water of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at The Stage at Lincoln Center on February 10, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Amy Sussma
• NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 10: A model walks the runway with Payless at the Christian Siriano Fall 2011 fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at The Stage at Lincoln Center on February 10, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Arun Nevader/Getty Images
• NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 10: A model walks the runway with Payless at the Christian Siriano Fall 2011 fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at The Stage at Lincoln Center on February 10, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Arun Nevader/Getty Images
• NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 10: A model walks the runway with Payless at the Christian Siriano Fall 2011 fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at The Stage at Lincoln Center on February 10, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Arun Nevader/Getty Images
• NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 10: A model walks the runway with Payless at the Christian Siriano Fall 2011 fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at The Stage at Lincoln Center on February 10, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Arun Nevader/Getty Images

It's been a couple years now that Christian Siriano has collaborated with Payless, and every fashion week we mourn his showstopper collection of heels because the odds are against us that we will ever be able to actually walk into a Payless and purchase them. Sure, they look amazing on the runway, but by the time Payless chops them down into $49.99 shape (despite the promise of an upcoming Payless Gold variety), the unique heels and truly fashion-forward styles are left on the cutting room floor.

Okay, maybe we did get lucky that once when Payless released three styles, but when this becomes this, Houston we have a problem.

At least we can enjoy the photos of shoes we'll never wear. What do you think of these? We're way iffy on the fuzzy-looking booties and the heels with attached spats, but those spikes on the inside of the pump heel? Now that's what we're talking about.
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