Husband has high arches.  He swears by these.  They look better than regular sneakers and he says very comfortable for his high arch issues.  Also, with a EEE foot, the width was available, which was great.  The shoe does develop creases across the top of it, happened in each pair we have purchased, but due to comfort level, we just replace with new pair.  He can get at least a good 4 months of continual wear before need replacing.  When you have foot fit issues, it is part of life unless you want to wear sneakers all day long.  These can be worn as formal/office work shoes.