I wanted a pair of black pumps that had a decent heel and was not boring for work. I thought these fit the bill and they did. I wore these to work regularly and got compliments too. Being a size 5.5, the fit and the heel height was just perfect. However these shoes have some serious issues: 1. The shiny material that covers the shoes is not the best quality. It has peeled out in a very ugly way off of one shoe. So you'd have to be extremely careful not to graze against anything rough when you're wearing these. 2. I never have the problem of sweaty feet even in summer. But these make my feet super sweaty ever in winter. 3. Only twice did I wear these over a pair of thick opaque stockings and that made the stockings' surface ball up at the heel in a weird way. I regularly wear stockings with all my pumps and this has never ever happened. I did not realize this early enough and ended up ruining 2 pairs of stockings! 4. I'm a true 5.5 and found that these fit me almost too perfectly the first 5-6 times I wore them. But it has strangely started to become loose after that. Now I have to be careful not to let my foot slide all the way to the front and have the shoe come off my ankle.
All in all, as excited as I was in the beginning about these shoes, they really did not last me more than 2 months of the most delicate use! For the price I paid, this is a huge bummer (A friend bought a very similar looking pair from target and they seem to have outlasted these...she paid only a fraction of the price for those!)