First off, Im NOT a sneaker person but with these Im changing my tune.  I have 4 pair, 2 Black leather, 1 Plum leather (more of a burgundy) and 1 of the Cream houndstooth and love them.  I travel overseas a lot and the uneven cobblestone streets are killers along with my terrible feet and bad knee so these are my new go to shoes.  I find that I wear them most of the time, if not these sneakers then Fitflop sandals.

I did find going up a 1/2 size to an 8.5 works best for me, there is no break in period, perfect right out of the box, the leather is soft but gets softer and I think the shoe laces matching the shoe makes them look much better than white laces.  I think they look nice with leggings, ankle pants and rolled up jeans but thats just MHO and they're cuter on than in the photos.  One thing to keep in mind, they are wide so would not work if you have narrow feet but I wear them with thicker no show socks and they're fine.  Enjoy!