I bought these Toms for three reasons....1, as it happened with the uggs, every girl had to have one, my daughter is not the exception; 2, the corporate idea behind the TOMS is awesome and we all hope the company is keeping it word to give a pair of shoes every time one buys another pair; 3, although skechers came out with a cheaper version of it, the fact they even copied the altruistic idea pushed me away from sketchers!  bad move there.

now , the product itself is not a novel one....this type of shoes have been around for ever!! and they were cheap then, and should be cheap now!! 30-40 usd for a toddler "alpargata" is outrageous!! but as long as there are consumers like me that give in to our kids' whims, there'll be companies like these that will take advantage of it and over price their product to cover their mktg costs...

Th quality on it is as expected, for a toddler, they won't last long!! and the glitter on them falls just by touching it!! maybe the canvas one may last longer....we'll see if my wife's do...