Well there is something very different about the fit of Nine West shoes, say, in the past year or so. I've noticed that the back of closed toe/heel shoes just slip right off when walking. these are probably the 5th pair i've bought that have done so and my earlier purchase years before never did. I wear usually an 8.5, but these ran large, so i got the 8. I still have to put grips in the back so my heel does not slip and i put padding in the front because there is this gap between the top of my toes in the front to the inside of the shoe, like enough room to stuff a few bucks for safe keeping :) But the design (paisley) was so fantastic, i could not pass it up. I got these on sale for about 62 and i feel that they were semi worth it. It's a bit of a letdown to have to tweak a shoe so much to make them worth it, but it was also a hassle to send them back. So design and heel height were great. Fit, not so much, but once i did tweak, they were very comfortable. I still feel every now and then that they are going to slip right off and they make a weird suctioning sound when i walk at times because of the toe space/gap in the front, but i get so many compliments, i don't care!