Let me start off by saying that I purchased these shoes from a 3rd party seller - so I can't blame Amazon for any short comings.

That said - I am really glad I paid less than $40 for these shoes, because the quality was not worth more than that.

While the insole was in great condition, the leather upper had scuff marks, as well as the sole.  I ordered a women's 12 in Taupe - but believe that perhaps this was a knock-off, a re-conditioned shoe, or very unlikey - the color "Taupe-Distressed".  The fit was fine - slightly large as indicated by other reviewers, and narrow for the size.  I do have a narrow foot, so that didn't bother me.  What did bother me was the possibility that someone had previously worn this shoe that I just shelled out 40 bucks for.  After sleeping on it, I decided to keep them - and this is why...

I wear a size 12 - and getting ANY shoe in a size 12 is hard, let alone a cute, fashionable, of-the-moment shoe.  AND when you find a shoe in this size, the price is normally pushing $100.  So I kept it.

I have worn the shoe several times and will be adding some sort of insert to make up for the slightly long fit....am really thinking that an insert for the ball of my foot - to push the entire foot farther back up the shoe will do the trick.

My recommendation would be to try to find this shoe in local store to try it on first.  It really is adorable.