I'm an ER Nurse and I think the only one on the planet who hadn't found the wonders of Dansko, so I got the Dansko Women's Pro Eelskin Patent Clog for Christmas via Amazon from my husband.

I do have a wide foot, and I felt that the width was okay but the top is way tight, and even after 7 months I still got a red mark across the top of my foot from the band. The shoes felt comfortable but the red mark is unattractive.

It didn't take long at all to break in the shoes...maybe a few days walking around in the house with them and one night of work.

However, my biggest complaint, especially for a pair of shoe that cost upwards of $120, was the absolutely shoddy quality.

Within a month or 2 of having the shoes, the vinyl/leather upper started peeling away. VERY unattractive and again, not what I would have expected for shoe that cost as much as these, and that have the supposed reputation that these do.

Within 3 months, where my foot "bends", the vinyl started bubbling and peeling away there, too. :( The shoes I was so proud of a few months ago look like something that cost $20 at an outlet store.

The most disappoiting thing was that I found out that Amazon is not an authorized Dansko retailer, so I had no recourse through Dansko (this is mentioned nowhere on Amazon, and they even have a "dansko store"). However, I did contact Amazon Customer Service this week and explain the situation and my utter sadness at the quality (lack of) for this product. They did offer me the ability to return the shoes for a refund, even though they were purchased in December 2011, and it's now June 2012. Kudos to Amazon for standing behind their customers, but boo to Dansko for making such a shoddy product that doesn't even stand up to basic wear-and-tear that these shoes would be expected to go through.

SO now the search is on for new Nursing Shoes. I'm going to try Sanita, as they are the original manufacturer of Dansko, and I'm not going to get anything with a vinyl/patent leather covering. Too risky