Original review, 11/5/12: I typically wear a three inch heeled pump to work. Almost all of my work slacks are a length where I need a three inch heel. I've been wearing the same pumps (replaced once, but with the same make and style) for close to three years.

I bought these because now that the weather is getting cold again, I wanted to be able to wear the same three inch heel without having to wear knee high boots, but with the ability to wear a warm sock when it gets cold out.

This heel is just the tiniest bit lower than the pumps I usually wear-- though it looks the same, the hem on my slacks just barely brushes the floor. I don't mind, but some might. But they FEEL like a solid inch lower than my usual pumps. They're so comfortable, even without a sock. I do need something between my feet and the boot to get my feet in (at a size ten, it's nearly impossible to find pull on boots that are possible to get my foot into), but even with just a nylon knee high they're very comfortable. When I add a sock to this equation they're going to be magnificent.

The leather is not a flat leather, but more sueded, which I didn't expect, but I'm fine with it.

I'm going to have to start looking at Clarks more seriously. I'm not on my feet a lot at work, but when I am I'm on a hard cement floor, and my feet are going to be a lot happier at the end of the day in these.

Edit, April 16th, 2014: What I excluded from my original review is that shortly after buying these, the sole began to separate from the upper near the toe in the right shoe. I assumed it was simply a one-off defect and had them replaced. I was happy with the replacements, and that was that.

I don't wear these as frequently as I expected to when I wrote the above review. Truth is, I bought another pair of Clarks boots after I bought these that I love more, so these kinda got the shaft in the wearing rotation. I maybe wear them once a month, twice at most, and only in cooler weather... so at best, 30 or so wears since my original review about 18 months ago. And damned if the sole of the heel isn't coming off. If I wore these almost daily for a year, I would expect that kind of wear, but not after 30 or so wears. This is disappointing to say the least. My other Clarks have held up beautifully with FAR more wear (literally 5-6 days a week for months at a time).