Review on Stelle 1.5"/2" Women Character Dance Shoes Ankle Strap Heels For Ballroom Salsa Tango Flamenco Latin by Debbie Williams

These do run large (long) and are wider than typical for "M" width.Comparison to Capezio:• Sizing: the 5M in these are longer and narrower than the 5.5W Capezio. (The shorter, wider 5.5W Capezio fit me better). They are definitely still wider than non-wide-specific character shoes, but not as wide as the "W"-specific shoes (as far as I know, only Capezio puts those out though). ***UPDATE: Note: THIS COMPARISON IS TO THE "JUNIOR" 1.5" CAPEZIO - have since realized the 2"+ Capezio's in wide are significantly narrower versus the juniors. Heel height of the Stella's is closest to the Capezio 1.5"; so the above comparison may not apply to the non-1.5" Capezios)***• Heel height: These are close in height to the Capezio 1.5" Junior shoes (significantly shorter than the Capezio 2" Student shoes).• Sole (stickiness/fastness): These have more of an indoor-outdoor type sole versus the hard-leather-like sole of the Capezio's. Whether this is good or bad depends on where you dance. Stella's are stickier. If you are dancing/acting on a pristine wood stage, I would opt for the stickier Stella soles (Capezios would be like ice skating). If you are on a painted stage/outdoor concrete or asphalt, or a bad bar floor, then the Stella's will be too sticky to pivot at all while the Capezio's will pivot perfectly fine. I only wear character shoes for venues on the latter list, so Capezio's win again for me (I opt for prettier & usually cheaper suede or indoor/outdoor soled shoes for fast floors).• Sole (ruggedness): The heel cap on the Stella definitely wins on this one. The Capezio leather heel wears down to the nails which will tap on the ground when walking within a week for me (but, like I said above, I generally only wear character shoes for venues with really bad floors including concrete and asphalt surfaces - they would fare better on a stage). The sole and heel of the Stella should have no issues with wet ground, while the Capezio's leather soles will absorb some water. I wouldn't recommend the Capezio for general/outdoor wear while the Stella looks like it would be fine with that.