THANKS to AMAZON and to these AMAZING SUPPLIERS ♡ They arrived within 2 days of ordering as promised. Very comfortable evening shoe, talking about it for the first time. They go great with formal wear or just to dress up. I go to a lot of jazz programs and the first time I wore it I lost the compliments. The material inside was the best cushioning I've ever felt in dress shoes. So there was no "breaking". I would recommend wearing them with either sheer socks, knee socks (my trendy curd) or pant socks.