I'm always on the lookout for comfortable heels. I'm way past being uncomfortable all day.

I found these Portlandia Vesta mary janes after I saw that the Clarks Diamond Shine mary janes that I had on my wishlist were sold out in my size. I wear size 9W in dressy shoes, so I was really hesitant because they don't typically make shoes this cute in wide.

I was very surprised when I took them out of the box - the leather smelled and looked awesome. It is very shiny and jet black, almost looks like it's wet. These look very high quality, don't worry about them looking cheap. I feel I could have paid $150 for these instead of almost 1/3 that! I love the wide strap and the velcro. Again, I was worried the velcro would make them look cheap, but you absolutely cannot tell it's velcro, and the velcro is extremely strong. I wear mary janes in the winter with snow and potential ice, so the stability on my feet while wearing tights is important.

The only reason why I gave this shoe 4 stars instead of 5 is because of comfort. These are definitely one of the most comfortable I've worn, but the wide isn't quite wide enough in the toe area. I wore these one night shopping and my small toe was feeling a little unhappy. But the rest of my foot and my other foot were pretty decent.

Very happy with these, they look great with dresses/skirts with textured tights. I'm going to be looking into other Portlandia shoes now.