I reluctantly bought these after reading some of the reviews. I did take the advice of the other posters and ordered it a 1/2 size smaller, which was perfect. My daughter has work these shoes several times and they still look nice. We haven't had any quality issues.
My only crtique is that the color is not red but a purplish, redish brown....perhaps a maroon. They are an odd color but go with most brown items but I was looking for a true red shoe.