The moment I put these on, I knew they were going to be uncomfortable. I bought these in hopes of having cute sandals to wear on campus walking to class and potentially on my trip to Hawaii. However, within taking my first 5 steps I immediately noticed the burning friction from the textured foot-pad (the top of the shoe which the bottom of your foot rests on) on the bottom of my toes. The tiny, checkered texture results in uncomfortable rubbing as you walk and your feet/toes rub against the sandal. Also, after 2 hours of leisurely walking around a shopping mall, the inner, back curve of my arch had been rubbed raw as well because the sandals are too narrow and have zero give. Overall, these sandals are incredibly overpriced for poor engineering, rock-hard and uncomfortable material, but cute sandal-string patterns. Super disappointed. The photos attached are of a blister my toe received and rubbed-raw redness on my arches after 2 hours of wear.