This shoe made a great fisrt impression out of the box. It is very obviously a well-made quality shoe, from the construction down to the little styling details which are beautiful. The packaging was also very impressive, as the shoes arrived with little "shower caps" protecting the leather flowers! I was SO disappointed to find that the fit was just a bit too "sloppy" for me, kind of like a bedroom slipper. But I have narrow feet and horrible plantar fasciitis in both feet so these just didn't offer the fit & arch support that I need. The footbeds are extremely soft, like walking around on couch cushions, but as anyone with foot problems knows, cushy shoes only lead to more problems. I am sure that anyone without foot problems, or maybe just a wider foot, would find these to be wonderful. I have been wearing Orthoheels, so now anything else I put on doesnt measure up to the extremely exaggerated arch I have become accustomed to. So I returned them, but it hurt to do it since they are so nice!!!