These are awesome gladiator sandals. I got the light brown and gold version. They are very stylish and fun! HOWEVER, I would love to wear them without the straps strangling my feet. The middle gold X of straps is too tight! Wearing them for 5 minutes leaves some intense indentations in the top of my foot. I am a small/petite woman with regular sized feet. I wear a size 7.5 shoe, medium/normal width, and still the middle X is very snug. The brown strap by your toes is perfect and the upper gold X around your ankle is an appropriate width, but what were they thinking with the middle straps? I've been trying to stretch them by putting glass jars in the shoes for a while... (which is ridiculous), but hopefully in a few days/weeks they'll be stretched enough that they don't strangle my feet anymore. They are so cute, and I love them-- but I wish they fit!