These were beautiful shoes. Much more beautiful than I anticipated from the online photos. The platform was just so nice - certainly there providing an added comfort under the ball of the foot but not so humongous as to be obnoxious as can be with some shoes. It is tasteful, discreet and well made, molding to my feet easily and the platform made the heel height very comfortable. While I like heeled shoes I cannot do teetering high heels at all and these despite being 3" felt much lower. In fact, it could probably have been another 1/2" higher and still been quite easy to wear and walk in.

That said I did have some issue with it which is why I am not giving it 5 stars. The size 7 I ordered was a bit long on one foot making my heel slip up while being tight on the other. It made me really sad to return them. I nearly wept, no joke. These are beautiful shoes. I am tempted to order another pair to try my luck but see that other people have similar issues so I am hesitant. For gorgeous shoes at such a decent price I do highly recommend these if you are looking for basic, stylish pumps.