Real leather and excellent look for less than half the price of the Cole Haan's Zero Grand. The white waffle outsoles and the shoe itself look very similar to the Zero Grand. The color of the brown shoes was a lot darker than the picture, almost like a dark red brick color which I was not looking for, with only one other option of a very dark black, which I did not care either. The show itself seeemed to be well constructed, it fit right and seemed comfortable. Returned it because of the color and bought the Madden Men's M-Foxx Oxford, Cognac instead, with not the same outsole, but nice anyway.