I already own several pairs of FitFlops and wanted something a bit dressier. These fill the bill. Be advised that these are NOT as wide as other styles of FitFlops, so if you have a very wide foot they might not fit as well. At first glance these shoes do not seem to have much of an arch in them, but the way the footbed is constructed, when you walk in them they do give you some arch support, which is very important to me as I suffer from plantar fasciitis.