These shoes are adorable and my daughter was instantly in love.  She wore them for the first Time on her first day of kindergarten and said they were very comfortable and everyone commented on their lights.  Unfortunately after wearing only 8 times (only to school each day, and never outside.  The have different shoes for gym and recess) the Velcro straps look horrid.  The glitter is coming off and the edges so worn you can see white on all of the edges.  I don't expect them to last another month.  And for $40 plus, I expected a lot more.