I love Pearl Izumi, I think they are highly underrated.  I buy a lot of their clothing, biking gloves, accessories, and I do have a pair of their cycling shoes that I use for indoor spinning classes.  I bought this shoes primarily for their looks. When I purchased them, I didn't see a lot of reviews out for them and the ones I did see were for the men's version.  These are awesome shoes. I went a half size up, but I do that with all of my running shoes regardless of how true to size they are.  Your foot swells when running, so going a half size up is a smart thing to do.  I've been using my Saucony Peregrine 2s for my trail runs and I love them, but I love these a bit more.  Slighly comfier ride.  I think I will invest on the road version of this shoe as well... I mainly run on Saucony Kinvaras and New Balance Minimus, but I am looking forward to adding Pearl Izumi to my road shoe rotation.  I buy running shoes mainly for how they feel obviously, but I also place a lot of importance on looks and this shoe definitely has both!