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If you were one of the people who saw photos of Christian Siriano's spiky shoes for Payless that appeared on the runway in February and wondered who, exactly, would buy and wear those shoes: the answer is, no one. Payless held a preview of their fall collection today in New York's Flatiron District, and we spotted nary a spike on display.