This is the 3rd pair of Stride Rite shoes I've purchased for my granddaughter.  All of them have been high quality shoes and nice looking as well.  I remember 30 years ago buying Stride Rite shoes for the mom of the very person I'm buying for them now.  Back then, they were high quality shoes, but not as good looking as the other shoe brands.  Stride Rite has learned to combine comfort and quality with eye appeal!  They also come in wide which is a plus...since my little granddaughter has wide feet.  And my granddaughter loved the shoes as well..."Pretty!" she squealed when she saw them!