I am an avid volleyball player and had put off buying weird socks for a while. I decided to get some for myself and my friend for X-mas this year. When I got mine, they were cute and the foot part is nicely padded. I wear a size 10 adult women shoe. When I put them on, they were super tight all the way up, especially in the calf, where the print was all stretched out. They also came short of my knee by an inch or so. I kept them on to walk around in and by the time I had them on for only 10 minutes, my feet were hurting. I have decided to give mine to my 8 year old niece instead.