For whatever reason, these shoes make me think Michael Jackson would have worn something similar. I like these because when I got my first pair, I was in so much heel pain, the only shoes I could wear were MBTs. They cost me way too much but I was limited to them for months. At the time, they only had very casual looking shoes. When these came out, they became my "dressy" shoes. I like MBT's rocker soles (on the market long before many other brands decided to go that route). They keep the heel in float position so it doesn't have issues anymore. I now can wear other shoes but I liked these so much that when a puppy figured out how to slide the closet door open and chew on one, I searched everywhere until I discovered I could still find a pair here at Amazon.