Took them out of the box and my 2.5 year old said "don't like em." I understood. The rubber around the outside is more pronounced than it seemed to me in the picture, so they look awfully heavy duty. I also don't understand that strip of brown leather over the toe. Fine shoes, but just not quite pretty enough. I brought them out for my daughter a few times and she was consistent in her opinion, so I sent them back.