My daughter wanted these shoes sooo bad since they are the "in" thing. I tried to find a lightly used pair on ebay, but there weren't any(I now know why). I let her try them on at a local boutique so we would get the correct size and she insisted that she had to have them. I agreed to pay half if she paid the other half. She is only 9 and used her birthday money. Anyway, she wore these shoes only a couple of times a week as it was summer and still hot. Three months later they are trash. Big holes in both toes, the soles are worn, and they smell worse than a wet dog. She would have been better off with a pair of dollar store shoes(which is what they look like anyway). Hopefully this experience has taught her a lesson--price does not guarantee quality.