Boy, my feet are in heaven!  Wanted a sandal-like shoe that would provide support, and tried these on a whim.  Unbelievable!  Unusually stylish for supportive shoes, and so comfortable that I wore them without socks for a full day right out of the box and felt that night as though an old favorite had been on my feet all day.  Immediately ordered some in another color.  Great for walking or standing for long periods of time.  To my surprise, this design is well-made enough that I wore them all winter too (yeah, we had a mild winter, and yeah, my feet don't get too cold, but I'd even have worn SOCKS if needed to keep wearing these all year!).  Lots of other nice shoes are languishing in my closet while I've worn one of these two pairs almost every day for almost a year and a half.  And they still look great.  My husband hated them in the catalog, forgot that he warned me not to buy them, and yet actually liked them when I wore them the first time (and he's a guy who doesn't just pretend to be polite!).  After someone else asked him what they were and he didn't know, he asked me later, and now he proudly announces "Clarks" whenever anyone mentions my shoes in his presence!  GREAT buy.  Had better buy some more to stock up, as even these shoes will wear out some year....  :)