These are ADORABLE shoes, and I'm sad I can't give them 5 stars. the caveats i have are as follows:

* VERY narrow
* I wear a 40 or 41 in most shoes, I ordered the 41 in these and they are on the verge of being too small
* after less than 1 hour of wear, the heel "sticker" on the left shoe started peeling up, leaving my heel irritated like it was on a seam

they are cute as heck though, and they do have some "hidden" elastic which allows the ankle straps to stretch a bit.

i've worn them for a work day, so will keep them. but had i not been trying to convince myself so hard to keep them because they were so cool looking, i probably would have returned them.