The front of the shoe is a bit blunted which is a look that is all the rage today, but I find to be hideously ugly. It doesn't show on the pictures which appear to look a lot more pointed. I also have a very high arch and the front of the shoe comes up pretty far which is cutting into the top of my foot. I do love LifeStride and hope the shoe stretches a bit although patent "leather" tends not to give much and these shoes aren't leather anyway (which I didn't notice when I bought them).