Customer Reviews Keds Champion Leather Lace Up

I am an older woman and my last pair of tennis shoes had a small heel on them. Enough so I had a little lift in the heel. These are a little too flat for me. Not as comfortable as my other ones. They are quite old and I got them from Sears.

Enough room for thick socks - I bought my normal size and realize I have to wear thick socks with these, which I suppose is to be expected for athletic shoes.

Pleased with style and fit.

Ked's washable leather - This is a great shoe, very comfy; width is true however the size seems to run a bit larger. I feel I should have ordered these in a 5 instead of a 5.5. I will buy these again!!

Skirts or pants - These comfy, non skid shoes look OK with both pants or jeans and skirts. They are not so athletic or hi-tech that they look out of place with casual skirts.

A Classic - Hard to find in stores, this is my classic wear with anything shoe in the summer. Always fits, always looks sporty and classic! A pleasure to run errands or knock around in!

Love the look - I love the look of this sneaker. It's comfortable for walking around. However, it doesn't offer much support. I normally wear a wide shoe but bought this is normal width and it fits great. Overall, I like it very much and also bought it in black.

No Surprises Here!! This shoe is a nice basic Keds product. I like the styling. I did not purchase it with the intention of doing major walking. It would not meet my needs in that regard. Support is average. I needed to purchase heel pads because the heels were too big. The shoe was fine in length.

I love these shoes! The only comment I could make is that I wish they came double wide. All of the other keds styles do, including the white version of these, why not the black? As usual, Zappos was GREAT... in stock and FAST shipping! I won't shop anywhere else!

You can depend on Keds to be comfortable and reasonable.

Cute but could use a decent arch support - It's an attractive shoe but I assumed that a sport shoe would provide better support for the arch & instep. I assumed wrong. It will be great to wear with jeans if I run to the store but not on an all-day hike or even to walk at the mall.

Length: I needed half-size smaller than I wear in a running shoe. Width: I have average width feet but based on other reviews, I ordered both W and M and ended up keeping M. The toe box is too tight across the forefoot when wearing any sock thicker than the thinnest of Peds but the rest of the shoe is pretty wide. With Peds, the two sides of the shoe meet when laced. (see photo) I have been wearing Topos and Brooks everyday for the past 10 years, but I wanted to get a "dressy" sneaker I could pair with a casual dress so I got these. At first, my spoiled feet rebelled. Compared to my usual sneakers, these have no cushioning but that's what you have to expect if you don't want your feet to look like they're encased in pillows like they do in running shoes. After about a week, I can now wear them all day without my feet begging for relief. I question the quality of the "leather" as my feet sweat like crazy in them but maybe it's because I'm wearing Peds instead of regular socks. I really wish they had at least a little padding on the back of the tongue because the seams on the underside of it really bother the top of my foot. I may need to glue some type of pad there. All in all, they're good, not great. They look cute and the comfort-level is tolerable. As someone who went from wearing stilettos to work everyday to wearing running shoes everyday, this is a happy medium.

Just doesn’t fit right

Not a true XX Wide width

The heel was a little too wide and the toe box a little too narrow. The leather is very stiff.

This latest pair of black leather and white leather Keds are weird. Both wrinkle in the toe box. It might be because they seem to be a little long, but not long enough to move up to the next size. I've never had this problem with Keds before. The wrinkling on my black pair is enough to make them start squeaking after wearing them only 3-4 of times. My black pair have laces that are a tad too short. Overall, I'm happy with my white pair; there's just a little wrinkling. The added bonus of the squeaking really brought the black pair down a peg. For comfort: I have wide feet with a normal arch and high instep. I wear size EE. I'm a "barefoot in the house" person and these shoes provide just the right amount of comfort for me for normal daily activity outside the house.

I like the sihouette of the shoe. Also, the vamp of the shoe doesn't go too far past the the arch of the foot like a regular sneaker does and doesn't look as clunky. However, in the extra wide width that I ordered the heel is too wide and, consequently, the shoe rubs up and down. I wish more manufacturers would create wide width shoes with a narrower heel.

This is my 3rd time to purchase these shoes over several years. I love these leather shoes. They last for years and style well with sporty dress, shorts, slacks, most everything. They are my “go to” summer shoe. Unfortunately, this last purchase, the leather was strange, as in wrinkled on the side panel on one shoe, and on the toe on the other shoe. Like, whoever made these shoes didn’t match the quality of the leather well. The shoes do not look even-they look strangely worn. I’m confused as what to do. I want to send them back, but I also love this style of shoe…

Just uncomfortable. Poor construction. A spot of glue inside one of them.

I liked the shoes, fit and look, but there is absolutely no arch support. I know other reviewers have found the same, but I didn't think that there would be absolutely no arch support

Keds Champion-Leather CVO were cuter in the picture than in person and, unfortunately, the WW toe box also lead to a too-wide-for-me heel, so my feet slipped with every step. Perhaps if Keds added another eyelet that people could choose to use/ignore, that might've been enough of a solve.

I have been looking for black sneakers for about 5 years and everything I have tried on in stores is too wide. I ordered these in narrow and it was actually too narrow so I have to return them.

I love the look of these shoes. Unfortunately, even the WW was pinching my foot. They also have not cushioning. Had to return them.

The shoe is to loose on my foot. I need to return and get another size.

Even the slim width was too wide around heel. Needs cushioning to prevent slippage.