These are narrow in the toebox area. I am a flight attendant and fell in love with these shoes!  I've worn these with slacks and a dress and received loads of compliments every time I wear them. I have to say though, they are not a shoe I can wear for more than about six hours at a time standing up because the balls of my feet start to hurt. These come VERY, VERY stiff when you purchase them. I bought a leather ointment at DSW and rubbed it all over them (it looks similar to a burn ointment) I rubbed it in along the edges of the opening and bent them all around to physically break the shoe in and soften the leather. I left it on for overnight and polished it off the next morning. I have done this with shoes before and it works for me. Works with patent leather types too.