I originally bought this brand of shoe by going to a dance shop and getting fitted by the associates.  Since I had never worn dance shoes before, I did not know how they should fit and trusted the experience of the clerk.  After dancing a couple times in my shoes and comparing how my shoe looked on my foot compared to the other dancers, I figured my shoes were too big.  I wear women's 11 street shoe, narrow the rare times it's available, and the dance store clerk had given me 11.5.  This had me dancing with the seam of the sole right under my big toe.

After reading the reviews of this product, I decided to brave going down a half size since I already knew the 11.5 was too big.  And you know what?  The 11 narrow of this dance shoe fits perfect, like a glove, just like they should fit.  This type of shoe should be snug - the elastic in the middle holds the shoe on your foot and the leather will stretch for the shape of your toes.  The proper size of this shoe fits much better now than the one that was a half size too big.