I love my funky fashions and daring designs when it comes to shoes. In fact, I don't really like the innocent look of strappy sandals. I needed a variety of brown shoes in my closet and at the last minute decided to try these out bc I loved the look of the dark brown shoes. I am now very pleased that I ordered them. Comfortable and cute on the foot! I usually wear 9's but ordered 8.5 bc of the others saying they run big. 8.5 fits perfectly so order the next half size down.