This shoe looked great out of the box, brand new with the color and style just right. Clarks makes sandals that fit right out of the box, with no break-in period, which is why I keep coming back to the same style over and over again. I have two brown leather pairs, one midnight blue suede pair, and one black suede pair. I used to have a tan leather pair that I wore to shreds! One thing about these particular sandals, and why I didn't rate a 5, is that the fabric and padding of the inside of the shoe gives out way before the rest of the shoe does. When I tossed the tan pair last weekend, the inside sole of the sandals was stretched, ripped and ragged throughout and had an imprint of my foot. (But I have to confess here that they were 5 years old!) You could not see this damage when I wore them because my feet mostly covered it. Clarks needs to make a stronger, more durable inside sole. The fabric they are using frays, rips and then slides right off. Other than that, super shoe. And great price, Amazon!