I love Simple shoes as a rule.  I've had my pair of simple Sugars for YEARS now, but they are finally starting to show the love and I looked for a similar model to replace them with since Simple doesn't make the Sugar model anymore (boo!).  I bought these and they are OK.  The material the top portion the shoe is made of is rather stiff and uncomfortable.  Takes awhile to break it in.  The shoes look nice, they just aren't instantly comfortable, like my sugars were.  I'll update this in a couple weeks and let you know if theses ever did break in.