Take this review with a grain of salt as it has been literally 40 years since I last wore shoes. Terrible, horrible, very sad experience with these shoes. When I first put them on, I kept looking for my (defunct) shoehorn. They fit VERY snugly, to the point where I was expecting my legs to go numb (for some reason it didn't). The first day of my new job with them was awful. The pain they caused bordered on the unbearable by the end of the day, and that's because I took them off several times when I had a chance to take a break. grateful that my job is lenient with the dress code and allows us to wear comfortable athletic shoes because I do NOT make an effort to find out. I returned them the next day. They look good and the price is very fair.