Customer Reviews New Balance Numeric NM533

I'm a young woman with a size 6 shoes. I fell in love with NM533 the moment I saw it, but I felt a bit discouraged because of the low reviews. People were saying that you should get a size 1.5 larger than you normally would have and they were right. I ordered men's 6, which is 7.5 in women's and they fit perfectly. The shoes are comfortable since they fit me well. They are bit stiff but that just means I need to break them in more. It's unfortunate that people are returning them because of the smaller size than what they should have been typically. Smaller size have made them uncomfortable for many buyers, but I'm very happy with mine. I've always loved men's shoes and they naturally run bigger. This is the first time I got men's shoes that fit perfectly on my small feet. I greatly recommend them as long as you get 1.5 size bigger than your normal size because the toe area is still narrow despite the wide width option. However, I do discourage those with high arches because the arch support in these shoes are for flat to moderate arches. Then again, you can always buy inner soles but that would require a bigger size. And can't say I know exactly how much you should go up to accommodate the soles.

Very nice but very, very narrow width. Had to return.

The cloud white/gum is my personal favorite style of this sneaker. As others have mentioned... these do run small & they are very tight. I usually wear a size 9.5 but had to return the pair i ordered for a size 10 - even a size 10 felt a bit snug but i figured they'd break-in with regular wear over time. After about two weeks of every other day wear, they still fit pretty tightly. I've been wearing them to work since they do go well with many different styles of pants and jeans; however, even after all these days of breaking them in, they still feel tight and i don't see myself wearing these except for short excursions - grocery store or running an errand. Heed my advice and order at least .5 or 1 full size larger, you'll save yourself the headache of having to exchange.

The best fitting pair of sneakers I own are ML574's in 11.5 EE, I bought these in size 12 and they are a bit tight in the toe box but feel like they will eventually break in and fit very nicely while retaining their low profile look.