I always wear my Rockport Leather Walkers for dress or casual . They run about the same in cost $110 full price . I bought a pair 12 years ago on sale for $82 . So when I saw a shoe that could more closely fill in for dress or casual situations for less then that on sale I jumped at it . I needed a black shoe as my walkers are beige ; yes I am fashion challenged when it comes to coordinating appropriate colors .
These shoes are very tight . The right one actually hurts and makes me believe quality control on size is a little off . The leather is very stiff as is the elastic . I am torn whether to return or try to break in as others have commented on . Been putting them on and off trying to decide .
Where I can comment is the shoe looks very nice . However the stitching of the sole to the uppers is single stitch with only glue in the heel area . The bicycle design is double stitched like a shoe should be . The elastic is double stitched in also . The leather uppers are very stiff on arrival and sadly so is the rubber sole especially when compared to my walkers . There is no padding on the uppers or quality liner though the toe area has something like tent material encapsulating the inside . The bottom padding is thin . The shoe looks uniform and well made . There was a little excess glue on the left but nothing terrible .
For the sale price I will more then likely keep them .
I guess I have to try to break them in and put a shoe stretcher in the right one . The other Rockport shoes I have bought were wonderful and the most comfortable shoes I ever had that could pass for dress . Becoming older with pain and mobility issues that made a slip on attractive I had high hopes for these shoes being as comfortable as my previous pair of Rockport Walkers . Their not , oh well it could be worse I could of been born female and felt compelled to wear high heals .
All in all these are nice shoes just not as comfortable as I had enjoyed with my previous Rockport purchases . But then again a good quality sneaker always beat a dress shoe from my experience . Dress shoes are usually pretty miserable from my experience , these are good looking and no worse then similar alternatives  . Good luck and hope to update with a enlightened viewpoint after more break in time .

Note shoes are stretching and breaking in but still not as comfortable as my Rockport Walkers I wear every chance I can despite being white .