I bought the same pair of Clarks for my husband because he liked the first one. I specially photographed new and old side by side. As you can see from the pictures he dropped them as they have holes but nothing has fallen off or peeled compared to new ones. He had them less than a month and parts of the sole have already been lost (see photo - the blue upper is missing). It seems to me that qualitatively this is not Clarks, but the price has remained the same. Make up your own mind.