These shoes are the perfect balance between comfort and work-appropriate style.  I would easily consider these to be an 8-hour shoe, despite occasionally having to spend 10-14 hour working days in them. I ordered the brown at the same time I ordered the black, and the brown have, for some unknown reason, taken a lot longer to break in.  Still comfortable, but they usually still require a shoehorn, even more than 6 months in.  The black slip right on.