I bought these boots and OMG, these are just to cute. I wore these to fly to Mexico in March 2011. It was cold in LA, but hot in Mexico. I wore these with leggings and got tons of looks at airport. I walked everywhere for hours through 2 different airports terminals, hotel check in, in and out of cars. They have a hard soles, not a lot of give, but lots of padding on balls of feet inside. I had surgery on a right left knee 1 year ago and a left foot that is just bad from jumping up and down off of horses and skiing, but still had no problems with shoe. Make sure you walk in them first at home, because you will think they might not work, but THEY DO, just give them a shot.