The photos of these shoes are very deceptive. After putting these shoes on, the first reaction of both my husband and myself was that it looked like I was wearing some really ugly sandals, with socks underneath. The mesh (which looks like a pair of socks) comes all the way down to the sole of the shoe on the sides.  Therefore just walking on damp grass causes the moisture to quickly wick thru the mesh onto your feet. Besides the shoes being ugly, the heel is thin and has no substance to it and folds over when you try to slip them on.  This design is an obvious attempt by New Balance to produce a cheap shoe by reducing the amount of leather and replacing it with cheap mesh.  I would not recommend them.