These shoes are great!  I love the flexibility, the roomy toebox (almost too roomy for my girl), and the style.  They are soft and slightly squishy, but supportive, which is good.  The only reason I took off 1 star was because the silver is rubbing off of the shoe and my daughter hasn't been that rough with them.  I think the shoe itself will hold up for a while (she's almost growing out of them), but the color has turned copper/brownish along the top leather ribbon design and the sides of by front where the toes peek out.  Other than that, I'm really happy with the shoes.  Purchased direct from See Kai Run when they were on sale.