These shoes arrived in a nice box. The shoes are very comfortable to look at. You look great on your own. The exterior is made of soft leather. They don't split down the middle after a few wears like some leather shoes do. The shoes fit as expected. You don't need to increase or decrease the size at all. For the price these shoes are great, they look like very expensive shoes for half the designer price. Which is very nice in my book. The only negative and why I didn't give these shoes 5 stars is that the color is much lighter than what came. I was hoping for a dark brown/dark brown color and as you can see these shoes are more of a cream/tan color. I wish they match the color in the photos. I would also recommend it to anyone looking for nice shoes at a good price.