I almost bought these as the description right below the picture says "leather". I noticed a sticker on the gray/white pair that said "tige de materiau synthetique"...now, I don't speak french (I think that is french) but I know what "synthetique" is! You may not care either way, but I have trouble with synthetic leather on strappy items, they seem to "cut" instead of "give". :( Plus, they really should be cheaper than real leather. These aren't. Too bad, they are cute. I only double checked because I bought a similar pair of Privo sandals last year and the same thing happened (description said "leather"...but the shoe wasn't.) I wore them once so I couldn't return them. FYI, Privo shoes seem to run just slightly wide for me.