Review on Stylish and Sophisticated: Dr Martens Orson Loafer Black Men's Shoes - Unleash Your Inner Style Icon! by Brent Ayyagari

- MARCH 2016 REAL WORLD UPDATE - I've been wearing these shoes long enough to report my results and post photos. I heavily downgraded these shoes. There are two reasons for this: 1. The breakdown of the material/pad2. Too big 1. Please take a look at my photos of left and right shoes. You can see that the cushioning of the Achilles tendon is getting worse, which leads to a painful heel situation because nothing is soft anymore. I wear these shoes to the office about 3 times a week and walk an hour or two a day. So the wear of work shoes is low. But the material inside is not very high quality and they will break on you.** For this reason I advise you to avoid this particular shoe. **2. This shoe is way bigger than it should be. I mentioned in my first review that the shoes were too big, even after putting on an extra pair of socks during the "breaking-in" period. But once I started wearing just my regular socks, the shoes got uncomfortably oversized.** For this reason, if you're still okay with the pillow-wearing mentioned above, consider buying these shoes a half or a whole size smaller than yours . normal shoe size. They're pretty big. ** The soles are still ok, like most Dr. Marten. Pads have insanely thick heels, so even with moderate wear, I still have a year of life on the soles, although I'm now throwing them away due to a broken pad. The skin is well preserved, as is the interior. air bag. Again, I still don't recommend this shoe unless you agree that it will break and scratch your Achilles tendon. pleasant at work and from work. The shoes themselves have a good "fit and finish". There were no protruding threads, the skin looked smooth and even, and the elastic strap near the ankle felt firm and less flimsy than many other semi-casual styles of loafers with a similar elastic strap (the elastic strap at the ankle is usually one). ). In my experience, the first parts of the shoe wear out). When I put these shoes on, it reminded me that I will be at least an inch taller when I walk. Underfoot there's a decent dose of squeezing in the form of a rubber sole. It's hardly noticeable when looking at the shoe, but it's nice to have the extra height built in. Walking in these shoes on day one was a mixture of pain and pleasure. In terms of pleasure, being in wide-toed shoes was a great relief. For those reading this who prefer wider shoes, you may be surprised at how wide these "mid-width" shoes are. They seem almost too big when you look straight at them from top to bottom. But that roomy space mixed with lots of padding and rubber underneath makes for a very comfortable step without the extra padding. at the Achilles tendon. Yes, it's a shame, but the back of these shoes doesn't have a very soft heel area. Which is surprising, since the picture looks like there's a swollen ankle "cuff" around the entire opening. The problem is that this cuff is on the outside of the boot and does not go "deep" into the boot. So in the 3rd hour of wearing these shoes I started to feel pain in the back wall digging into my Achilles tendon. No fun! Having been through this before, I took a pair of white socks with me and when the pain got too much I added them under my black sock. This reduced the pressure significantly and helped me walk without looking like I was in pain. I highly recommend that anyone trying these shoes on wear a pair of thick socks underneath a pair of thinner ones to protect against that painful but typical break-in period. Cuff support was decent. In other words, I didn't feel like I was slipping all over the place in my shoes. I could feel "some" slip due to the oversized toe, but I did notice that the narrower cuff area kept me from slipping too much. And with the elastic at the ankle, my foot really felt like it was glued into the shoe. Finally, some shoes may appear "flat" around the back of the heel. The flat effect can cause the heel to lift out of the shoe when walking because there isn't much material holding the foot. You can notice this effect more when you add an insole to the shoe and the foot appears higher. Well, Doc Martens are great in that regard. The sidewalls and rear offer ample support and rise high enough to feel well planted. When walking, there is no slipping feeling as with other shoes such as e.g. B. loafers. But as I said, the shoes are oversized. This way the inside of the shoe slips and doesn't slip out of the shoe. I hope this description helps someone!