These are great, versatile shoes with a little bit of a heel that I can wear both with my scrubs and with my professional "white coat" attire (I'm a doctor). I wasn't sure if I'd like the hand stitching at the front initially (makes them look a bit like
moccasins), but it really grew on me. Love the hidden
velcro opening as well. I think Zappos has the European sizes a little bit off - I am a solid 8 and pretty much always fit perfectly into a 38, with a 39 consistently being too large on me.