I love Alegria Mary Jane style, however the patent leather ones seem to be cheaply made compared to the regular leather ones. These opal pebble patent leather shoes were crinkly just out of the box- they looked like the leather would crack very easily. They are a beautiful shoe, very comfortable- I wish the leather was a better quality- now that these are made in China they seem to be of a lesser quality than in the "olden days". I have purchased several regular leather ones and am very happy with them- would highly recommend them, but these I sent back. Another thing- I wish Amazon would have separate reviews for the different colors and patent vs regular leather, because the other Alegria Mary Janes would have a 5 star rating instead of a 2 star.