I have to say that I didn't have high hopes for these shoes.  I bought them at the last minute for my son's school dance as we searched about 10 stores looking for a pair like this.  I finally looked on Amazon and found this pair at a low cost and I could have them next day in time for the dance.  Now, my son is the pickiest little turd when it comes to clothes.  He thinks we are celebrities or that he is really the child of Elan Musk or something and must have been switched at birth because he only likes Yeezy's, Gucci, etc because he's a 13 year old douche.  NO, it's not my fault.  My other 2 older boys and exemplary young men.  This one was born like this.  I swear at 3 years old he was already so very EXTRA.  I love him dearly though which is why I went to 10 stores looking for these damned shoes for him the night before the dance.  Yep...I know I'm an enabler.  Get over it and move on with the review.  So I KNEW that if these shoes looked cheap, he wasn't going to wear them.  Fortunately, they were very nice so that he DID wear them and I didn't have to rip his head off his his almost pubescent body.  They looked great on him.  They're a little big which is fine since he's growing so I can probably get another 6 months use out of them.  Someone should invent shoes that stretch!!!