I'm kind of pleased that I bought this pair. Finishing is excellent and the design is just as eye catching as it's in the image. The first day I slipped this on right out of the box, I thought I definitely should have ordered 8.5 instead of Size 8 or maybe, a size 'wider' at the toes(I wear UK 7 and at a shoe store here in New Orleans I measured my size to be US 8). Thankfully, after 4 days of gradually reducing discomfort, it now fits like a glove. In my opinion those who wear exactly size US 8(Normal width) should consider buying this shoe in Size 8 and let it stretch for a couple of days but let me warn you, it will hurt even to keep it on and feel too narrow for a few days and you'll need to walk/run to make it stretch faster.