I ordered these shoes since they looked so attractive and the price was great in Amazon's warehouse. However, the top part of the zipper at the back upper presented a problem. On one side, the tip top of the zipper ends well so that there is no stiff leather jutting out above it. On the other side, however, the stitching job was not as fine and left a hard teeny piece of (I guess it is leather) jutting above the end of the zipper. Even trimming it away would not help since the edge would not be finished. When tried on, this part immediately rubbed and chaffed and was guaranteed to have produced a blister on the top of the wearer's heel or lower back of the leg. So this pair was returned. I cannot speak about other pairs.