I have been wanting these for a very long time and finally bought them... and, amazingly, they actually live up to about five years' worth of pretty high expectations!  I love the look of these - totally classic, with a little tough thrown in.  I wear them under weekend jeans and under slacks at the office - I even wear them with leggings and knee-length skirts in the winter.  I fully expected there to be a break in period, but there wasn't one... I mean none!  I could basically toss all my other winter shoes at this point, I love these so much.