I had never owned shoes by JD Fisk before. I almost always buy Johnston and Murphy directly from their site. But I wanted some saddle oxfords and found these. They are quite comfortable for a casual dress shoe, fit true to size and are made well. The color looks almost purple in the pics here, but in actuality, it's a pewter/brown. I can wear these with dark brown slacks and they take on more of the pewter/brown, but if I put on dark grey or black, they take on more of a slate color. I like that.