I thought these looked perfect and they're cute. But... I've been wearing Birkenstocks and other thong sandals forever. With these, I got sores rubbed onto the strangest places on my toes. They hurt bad. But I could still wear my Birkenstocks and other thong sandals no problem because the way these shoes are made, damaged parts of my feet that have never seen a blister.  But these weren't blisters, they were open sores. Never in my life have I had a shoe this damaging.