Customer Reviews Drew Excel

I have a bunion on one foot, and these shoes are very comfortable. The footbed is removable, and I added my own orthodontic insole. I ordered WW, and it gives good amount of room for my bunion. The style of these shoes aren't stylish for someone of my age (late 20s), but it looks decent. It is hard to find stylish shoes that are wide and comfy for bunions anyway.

For the first time in a while I found a shoe with a toe box actually too big for my pitiful feet. I knew immediately that I needed to go one size down. The style is very cute. So I have reordered and am optimistic the next size will be a Cinderella story!

I liked this shoe but thew fit was not good. I usually wear a 9 in sneakers but this shoe was long. Thought about replacing with an 8.5 but then worried I might need a wide. These shoes have a narrower toe box than the New Balance and Easy Spirit shoes I was also trying. Verdict: returned.

A pretty shoe but a little too snug across the toe box. Will return for a wider size

I have med to large arches and PF and I had physical pain trying to walk in these. It's as if these are mad for over pronator and not neutral? My feet felt as if they were trying to tilt in toward the arch and since I tend to do that anyway and would need a nuetral or under pronation support these do not work for me! Also I would advise ordering at LEAST a half size down, these are huge!

I am wanting a navy athletic shoe. This show looks and feels wide to me. The navy also leans to more of a dark teal on the front part of shoe. I was hoping it would work, but this shoe is not for me.

Will be returning these. They seem wide enough around the toes, which is a concern for me, as I need a wide toe box. The soles are fairly stiff, which is also important, since I have hallux limitus. They are nice and lightweight as well. However, they are a bit loose for me in the mid-foot area and just didn't seem quite supportive enough.

Way too wide. I have a narrow foot, but even the narrow felt like a wide shoe. I did like the look of it, but still had to return.

I am sending them back. The fabric is super stretchy and comfortable. The problem is that there is no way to get the mid foot area tight enough. I love that there is no rubbing against the toes, but the fabric provides very little support even when laced tightly. They also are very clunky looking because of the while soles. Oh well.

I ordered this athletic shoe to wear with a pair of orthotics that I had made. This shoe was listed as an "extra-depth" shoe, that I believed I would need to accomodate the orthotics. However, there were two problems: First the stitching on the base of the laces (over the instep) overrode the "extra depth" making the fitting of the orthotics too tight for the top of my foot. Even loosening the laces wouldn't have helped. Secondly, the "arch support" (listed as double shank, whatever that is) was too prominent under my arches, and they "fought" with my orthotics. So, back they go. I wish someone would make an orthotic friendly shoe that had an athletic purpose: not all of us who wear orthotics sit on the couch.

Normally I wear a 10.5 narrow in Drews. This shoe I had to size down a half size. Then the length was better but my foot just swam in the shoe. There was just way to much room--although if you needed to insert an orthodic this extra room would be great. I did not care for the material. My foot did not breathe in the shoe. And finally in a size 10 with a big white bottom my foot just looked HUGE--LOL! So, unfortunately I had to send it back.

I thought I would try the rocker sole... but nope. Also my daughter vetoed the style. I sent them back.

Fit and size are excellent, very comfortable. I love everything about it except for the bright white sole. Ruins the whole appearance of the tasteful green uppers. I even considered keeping the shoes and painting the soles in a color to harmonize with the uppers, but discarded that notion and sent the shoes back. If they should be reissued with a different-colored sole, I would buy them.

I bought these shoes because I had a pair of Drew Flares and they were working wonderfully for me. I need good stabilizing features in a shoe while I correct problems I have from walking improperly for years. But I was severely disappointed. There was virtually no structured side support to these shoes. My feet feel safe and protected in the Flare shoe - but not at all in these. They do look nice and I wanted a shoe to wear that was better looking for outings - but I did not have the same good support from them. Regarding the soles - they have many of the same features I enjoy with the Flare - but I wear them so seldom, I don't benefit from it very much.

This is a great shoe, except it has an elevated heel, if ever so slightly. Then with the design of the sole it is unstable for anyone who has pronation problems or for that matter any forefoot problems. The shoe is wide therefore comfortable in forefoot area. I would buy more except for the lack of stability. Also I don't like the totally inflexible sole. Also it was too wide in the mid foot area

Was too wide!!!!

A bit disappointed in these. On the pro side, they have a rigid sole so your feet don't get tired and they're deep enough to fit an orthotic. On the con side, you need an orthotic. Also on the con side, although I got these in narrow, and my feet are only slightly narrow (a regular width is usually fine for me), they still have too much room across the top. This makes them look puffy -- combined with the odd, puffy laces, this is not a good look. I wore them on a trip earlier this summer and they did ok but, sad to say, they're so weird looking I haven't worn them since. $140 on their way to the donation bin...

If you have a wide foot, these should fit. My foot is pretty wide, but the whole toe box was just too big and kind of clunky. Not particularly stylish, but they weren't uncomfortable.

Definitely not for plantar fasciitis. These were some of the hardest shoes I have ever put on. They only aggravated my foot pain.

These sneakers are really bulky all over. I had to send them back. They look like mens sneakers. Not at all feminine. They look like elderly orthopaedic shoes. Sorry.

The chemical smell from these shoes is horrible. I left them outside for 24 hours to see if it would dissipate. It did not. Who would wear something that smelled this badly?

These run really large. I went an entire size down and they were still to large. Extremely uncomfortable. Wish I could return them as I only wore them once.