well, these shoes were a gift from a slave so I can't be too picky as they just showed up on my doorstep and all I had to do was pick them out.. I do love them, but I was disappointed that the shoes themselves are not really red on the outside.. they are white shoes covered in red glitter, so naturally tiny little parts of the white shoes show through. I imagine as they are worn, more glitter will continue to flake off.. I don't understand why the company couldn't just use red shoes as the base.. seems like a no-brainer, but oh well I will find a lovely shade of ruby red slipper glitter nail polish to patch them up if it becomes a bigger issue. I love them, but thought people should be informed of this and maybe the company will realize they've had a brain all along like the scarecrow and start using red shoes instead of white as the base!!