We bought these for our daughter who is just around a year old. She hates shoes and will take off the standard baby shoes as fast as you can put them on (including the Velcro). It made it a constant struggle trying to keep her feet covered in the winter when it is chilly outside. Enter these little beauties. They are like medium-thickness fleece socks, but they have a great little Velcro strapping system that is snug enough that she doesn't really mess with them and pull them off. Even better these are form-fitting enough to tuck under her pants and she leaves them alone completely at that point.

They do get dirty easily, but I think that is to be expected and you can wash them in the washing machine. They are also pretty cheap so you can get a couple of pairs in different colors without breaking the bank. They look cute and can certainly pass for shoes anywhere that is below formal dress. Overall we are happy with these and they have saved us a ton of headaches trying to keep shoes on our kid!