With its mesh upper, I bought this 928 shoe as a laced warm weather alternative to the 927 New Balance athletic shoes I bought with velcro straps all leather for winter. I bought both shoes in extra wide 10.5 womens and found them true to fit and true to width with roomy toebox and good arch support. Both are very comfortable, worn with a Spenco RX orthoticARCH orthotic, and the 928, as well as the 927, offered relief from my severe plantar fascitis/heel pain.