Ok, I did read in a lot of reviews that these shoes pinch on the top of the toes.  I did find this to be the case when I got these flats, but I did suffer through it and break them in and it is worth it because these flats are GORGEOUS and I am going to suffer through the pinching to get them in black and red as well.  I don't know that everyone will have the pinching problem on the tops of their toes, but I did because I have extremely flat and wide feet.  In my opinion these flats were 100% worth it, though.  Just beautiful and I get compliments on them!