I bought these loafers because I had a pair of Rockport loafers that lasted me nearly a decade, through travel throughout the world.  I loved them.  When I went to look for a replacement pair, I couldn't find Rockport shoes in any local stores.  I went online to Rockport's site and saw that these were padded with Adidas padding to make them a "comfort" shoes.  I also loved the chain, which dresses them up, much the way a buckle on my old pair did.

But . . .

Ouch!  These have none of the supple leather of my last pair.  They are stiff, and they seem to push down on the top of my toes so that the nail beds of my big toes feel sore at the end of the day.  Although I've broken them in so that they feel a little more comfortable, I'm disappointed that these so-called comfort shoes hurt like heck for the first several wearings.

-- Debbie Lee Wesselmann