I had been wanting my own pair of real converse since I was a kid. I was really excited to get these, and they are cute. They are not much different than the normal fit, but enough so to not make you feel like you're wearing clown shoes. However, I normally wear a size 8.5, sized a half-size up because of other reviews, and they are still tight enough to be a bit uncomfortable. Toes slightly curled, with the back rubbing my heal raw, I couldn't wait to get home and take these off.  Unfortunately, my second time wearing them, I dropped a jar of pizza sauce at the store and it splattered all over my new shoes. So I had no choice but to put them in the washer, since they are canvas and would not wipe clean. I put them in the dryer for just a little bit to give them a head start on the drying and this was SUCH a bad idea. The canvas shrunk big time, and the shoe souls curled up. My already-too-tight size 9s are now even tighter. I would say (before I shrunk them) that the 9s fit like an 8. Mine now fit like a 7.5, or maybe 7. Moral of the story... size up a FULL size, and if you have to wash these, let them air dry and avoid the dryer at all costs.