In most categories, I'm really happy with these shoes. I have just one complaint:
The area between the midfoot and the toebox - basically the pieces of material on either side of the foot that connect the toe guard to the eyelets and the bottom portion of the eyelet structure itself - is very narrow and hard to break in. I'm not sure how to grade the width on these, because throughout the rest of the shoe the width is in line with any normal-width casual shoe. It's just that this one narrow area is either too thin or takes forever to wear in.
I have the white leather model with black trim, which is no longer on Zappos. The black one pictured has suede, which probably breaks in faster than the leather (which is different from the leather on the midfoot and toebox) on mine.
It could be that my foot is just odd, but in the
Adidas Superstars or
Puma California, I have no such problem. I only wear these with my thinnest
socks (basically the "no show" style that are less of a sock and more of a foot liner) and still feel a little sore after a day of casual wear.
Other than this one issue, they're great.
