I bought this to replace my previous pair of these slippers, which I'd purchased in the leopard print. I'd worn those completely out through heavy usage (stay at home mom who had back surgery five years ago); I also did not clean them as well as I could have. I chose this pair as my replacement choice because I thought that perhaps this fabric would be a bit easier to clean that the imitation fur material; it may be, but it also has been shedding a good deal of little black fuzzy bits around the house, which is annoying. I also had to trim some of the velcro off the right slipper of this pair because it was sewn on just slightly off-angle and so it rubbed and irritated my foot. I still love these slippers, despite these issues, because they help my back so much. I can deal with vacuuming up some fuzz and the velcro was not hard to fix, but if I had to have surgery on my spine again ... Yeah, I really like these slippers!