How much worse could one purchase be? One shoe was a size 9 and the other was an 8 (the actual size I ordered). The shoes are lovely, beautiful fabric and they look well made, but they are unwearable as both my feet are the same size (I guess I didn't realize I needed to specify that I wanted BOTH shoes in a size 8, silly me). Disappointed as I bought these for my wedding, will be returning and ordering shoes from a different vendor.