IMO, this shoe is almost perfect. I use to wear these about 8-9 years ago and loved them. They are solidly built shoe and aesthetically sleek looking especially in all white or all black. The shoe is overall a very rigid shoe and will need to be broken in. Upon receiving mine, it was the shoe I remember loving and wearing. I followed the majority trend here on the reviews in ordering up a half size (I am usually a 10.5 and ordered an 11), and I would say it fits true-to-size, so therefore Ill be sending back the 11 for my 10.5. It can be very subjective so the universality rule goes out the door (feet are all made differently!), but I would say I have slightly wide feet and although the shoe is more narrow than average, the extra 1/2 inch gave me too much room overall. Conclusively, if you are like me and think you have narrow to only slightly wide feet, IMO I would recommend staying true to your usual size as gaining extra room in going up in size can make your feet look disproportionately long to your body (like a clown lol). If you think your feet are pretty wide than yes, size up accordingly. Otherwise, I will be returning mine and sticking to my usual 10.5 size. Sleek, sharp, and cleaning-looking pair of shoes that go well with jeans, chinos, shorts or anything! The sole is hard but I actually find the shoe comfortable.