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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
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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)
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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