I am not gonna lie - these shoes made me sad.  This was my 5th pair of Hot Chocolate shoes, and they are the only ones being returned.  The picture here on Amazon makes them look like leather or leatherette, or some sort of piecework construction.  Since I'm familiar with the brand, I certainly wasn't expecting leather, but I also wasn't expecting what I got: screenprint.  Yep, that's how the design was achieved; it's just screenprinted on the shoes.

Now, if the pictures had really shown the screenprint, I would have been prepared.  Consequently, I probably would not have been so disappointed and would not have returned them.

I give the shoes 3 stars because I do NOT like the design (I think it looks cheap), but the shoes themselves are excellent, as usual.  They fit well and the shoes are well-made.