I bought these for work as a nurse after trying other shoes that were awful for 12 hours on your feet. I've always thought saucony's were comfortable (these are too) but I just had leather ones before becoming vegan. I was so excited to find they have a whole line of vegan shoes. And to make things even better, they coordinate well with my required blue scrubs. Everyone is always asking me about my shoes, so I get to tell them they are my vegan shoes!