UPDATED at the end of the review...

Original review:

<<It is a fairly muted color, almost more 'maroon-y' in some lights, but more 'purple-y' in others. It's not 'in-your-face', but very nice.

This is now my second pair of patent leather/pearlized Dansko professional clogs. I did write a review on the blue ones (different than the ones bundled on this page...) and that pair is about 3 years old and still doing well as my almost-every-day-at work shoe. (I only bought these because I love purple, the blue ones are still probably good for another year!)

I went back and counted up all my Danskos and realized I am actually on pair #6 going back 7 years, I still have them all. For home/regular clothes I have 3 older pairs (light brown suede, brown and basic black) and all three are still in great shape and all fit the same and very well from the start.

For work I have the blue pair--which I did notice were a little tighter on the top of my foot (I have a high arch) but broke right in and have been perfect. I also have a 'special occasion' work pair--black ones that were hand painted by an artist in Alaksa and are too nice for my usual messy job, so I only wear sporadically. That pair I also noticed 'felt differently' and are perhaps a bit smaller.

This third 'work pair', the purple, I noticed right away were a bit looser in fit right out of the box. The length is correct, but perhaps just a little looser in width and over the top of my foot. My other pairs I could do without socks in a pinch, but I think that these are just enough bigger I would not get away with that (not that I try to do that but sometimes my socks get messed up at work).

I noticed others with concerns regarding sizing--and just for interest I went and checked where the shoes were made. All three of my work pairs--the ones with slightly differing fits-- had different countries of origin, namely China, Italy and Brazil which perhaps has something to do with the variability?

In any case, the purple ones were made in Italy and have just a little bit looser fit. In my case, my normal size is fine, but if I were more of an in-betweener, in this case I would go with the smaller.

My feet do love the basic Dansko design and I wear these day in and day out with happy feet.

Highly recommended!

JTG>>

Edited to add:  The blue ones gave up the ghost shortly after this was posted, lasted a bit more than 3 years.  I'm now looking at the purple ones and they are likely to also be a 'three year pair'.  The shoes I don't wear daily are all still in great shape and I get plenty of use out of them (I basically either wear sneakers or clogs in my daily life...).  Still highly recommended!  Shop around for price.