Dsquared2: Bloody Mary Vernice Pump

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What can I say... These shoes are HOT!
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.shoeblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/bloody-mary3.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-10290" title="bloody-mary3" src="http://www.shoeblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/bloody-mary3.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="375" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em><a href="http://www.dpbolvw.net/click-2321118-10273706?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.zappos.com%2Fn%2Fred irect.cgi%3Fq%3Dvz355882276z2%26zcj%3D1&amp;cjsku= 75780583" target="_blank">Dsquared2 'Bloody Mary' Vernice pump <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">$1040</span> $751.50 at Zappos.com</a> / <a href="http://www.anrdoezrs.net/click-2321118-10475705?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.endless.com%2Fdp%2FB 002BWP6AY%2Fref%3Dasc_df_B002BWP6AY940843%3Ftag%3D endlesscj-20%26creative%3D380333%26linkCode%3Dasn%26creative ASIN%3DB002BWP6AY&amp;cjsku=B002BWP6AY" target="_blank">$750.90 at Endless.com</a></em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.shoeblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/bloody-mary4.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-10291" title="bloody-mary4" src="http://www.shoeblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/bloody-mary4.jpg" alt="" width="480" height="360" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>(There's also a <a href="http://www.endless.com/dp/B002L6H6C6/ref=asc_df_B002L6H6C6940843?tag=endlesscj-20&amp;creative=380333&amp;linkCode=asn&amp;creati veASIN=B002L6H6C6" target="_blank">knee-boot version </a>and a <a href="http://www.zappos.com/n/p/p/7578077/c/3.html" target="_blank">sandal version</a> of these - but they don't make me swoon.)</em></p>

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I can't even tell you just how much looking at these makes me forget to breathe a little bit - these are such insanely hard-core lust objects. <em>(Even hubby thinks these are pretty fab, though he wouldn't like the price.)</em>

I have had mixed reactions to the great number of studded shoes that we have been seeing over the last 18 months or so. The <a href="http://www.shoeblog.com/blog/and-they-called-her-leader-of-the-pack/" target="_blank">Gucci Babouska's</a> had studs that were just too much, too over-sized, and too gold for my taste; the<a href="http://www.shoeblog.com/blog/mercedes-benz-fashion-week-marc-jacobs-and-rodarte-shoes/" target="_blank"> Rodarte's </a>- too pointy.

But these? I am surprised at just how much I love these. They are like that 3rd little bear with me as a darker-locked version of Goldilocks; these are just right.

Flattened silver-toned star-shaped studs.* Just a hint of Oxford appeal. Wrap-around double-buckle strap Maryjane reference. Mixed-leather textural contrast.....To steal a phrase "I die".

I wonder if the "Bloody Mary" name is a tribute to the <a href="http://omg-shoes.fabsugar.com/809950" target="_blank">Louboutin 'Mad Mary' Studded pump sold a little while back</a>?* I'll probably never know the answer. Oh, well.

And, with Halloween just around the corner, I find these babies to be <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Mary_%28folklore%29" target="_blank">aptly named</a>. Strap these onto your feet and even the terrifying <a href="http://www.snopes.com/horrors/ghosts/bloodymary.asp" target="_blank">Bloody Mary Worth</a> of legend would think twice before leaving her mirror to come after you...unless it was in jealousy over being unable to own a pair of these amazing namesake shoes.