Let me start by saying these shoes were ordered for play for my 2 year old who is obsessed with ballet. I don't know anything about ballet shoes or how they should fit. Ok, going forward - these shoes seem to be good quality. We have a hard time finding shoes that fit my little girls wide feet and the wide shoes fit great. I read other reviews to order a 1-1.5 sizes up. I decided to order TWO sizes up to leave room to grow. Unfortunately, they won't fit for long. These shoes run SUPER, SUPER SMALL. Again, these are great shoes but I strongly recommend ordering two sizes up.