Well, I bought these shoes for work, and to work I did wear them.

Very comfortable when I put them on at 7 AM for the first break in.

It is now 11:12 AM.  I have just made arrangements to return them because the seam around the ball of the foot-to the toe area has just opened up (looks like the stitching was defective.) They are made in china, which isn't a put off for me, but in this case, clearly the shoes were defective.

I have since called [...], the seller, and they won't exchange amazon purchases, so I have to wait for a full refund and then try to order these again.

I won't be ordering these again, it's better to get a full refund versus exchanging one pair of shoddily made shoes for another pair made with the identical shoddy materials/workmanship.  I'll just head to Macy's when pennyloafers are in season.