Customer Reviews Franco Sarto Balin

I wanted to love these so bad,but had to return! I love the chunky style of the heel. But I have a wide toe box and there was no way I could survive a day with these on. The toe box is cut VERY narrow. I would try a wide, but my heels are so narrow, and the heel on these fit quite well, I don't want to go larger. May work for you if your foot is consistently narrow.

Somehow these shoes were simultaneously too large and small at the same time. I'm a 7.5M in most shoes and ordered a 7.5M. They ended up fitting tight in the toe box but loose at the heel where my foot felt like it slipped out anytime I took a step. They are also really heavy and I wouldn't anticipate them being super comfortable to wear all day. What a shame because aesthetically these are cute.

I bought these in my normal size and a 1/2 size up and I found my normal size was good. I can see what other reviewers mean about the small toe box. My feet are not especially wide, but I can see how that could easily be an issue. The heel does have a lot of room and was slipping way too much in the larger size, so I returned them. I have gotten a ton of compliments on them and they are really cute if you can handle the narrowness in the toe box.

Material is not great

I ordered a 9.5W and they fit wonderfully! They were comfortable however The style was a bit more masculine that I had hoped for!

I needed a really deep navy to go with a couple of outfits. These worked beautifully.

I love my Franco Sarto Balin loafers. I’m usually a 7 but they felt too tight so I went up to a 7.5 they fit perfect. I wear them with skirts, dresses, jeans and pants. I love that I can dress them up or down and they look amazing. They are comfy enough to wear every day. They feel even better once broken in. I like them so much I want to get them in a different color I just cannot decide what color that is.

This is the second pair of this style of Franco Sarto shoes. They're generally comfortable for all-day wear (I work in an office setting). I wish they were leather (they're man-made materials) but the style works so I'm dealing with the un-natural material. I find leather shoes offer breathability and are less prone to developing shoe odor in the long run.

They seemed a little snug at first to get my feet into, but once on and wearing around the house, they relaxed a bit and I LOVE them.

This loafer is great. Very comfortable. I actually watched it on another site but before I purchased I checked Zappos and they had the best price.

Fit and size was perfect for me.

I am typcially an 8.5 in Franco Sarto shoes, so I started with 8.5 and then were a bit big and knew they would get a bit stretched as I wore them, so I ordered the 8 to see how it would work. The 8 was a bit snug, but I wore them around my house and they became more comfortable with time. I would say these seem to be about a half size big.

Very versatile and comfortable. Comfortable for walking, appropriate for work, but fun enough to wear out.

I really love the shoes. They have good cushion in them. They are a tiny bit on the small size of a 6.5 so I’ll have to wear them without socks or very thin nylon socks.

This shoe looks great but functionality is only ok. I’ve had it over a year now, maybe 2. Wore it occasionally bec it was stiff and a bit narrow and needed breaking in. It loves to eat socks. The back of the shoe slips off as you walk and it pulls your sock off. Then as you heel step the socks scrunch under the foot and works their way off the foot and deep into the shoe with every step. It eats all socks. Only now have I finally found socks (Feetures and Falke) with large silicon grippers at the heel that are not eaten by these shoes. The shoes are also very hot and make my feet sweat. I only wear in fall and winter with socks. Without socks the heel slippage is annoying, like flip flops and it makes shoe farting sounds too. Socks mitigate the flip flop noise and fart but not the sweat. Beatiful shoe but I only wear during cold weather and if I don’t intend to walk much.

These are lovely and cute shoes, seemed well made. I'm so sad I have to send it back since the fit is so off. Like other reviewers experienced, the toe box is so narrow, and I don't have wide feet. The length is fine it's just the width. If I ordered a half size up, it'd be too big.

Shoe looks very nicely made, comfortable. I was just looking for a shoe like this with a higher, more pronounced heel appearance. Unfortunately, not exactly what I was looking for, but very nice quality!

Order a size UP!!! Super cute shoe, but I thought that I was going to pass out trying to squeeze my foot into this shoe. I forced my foot in to see if I wanted to exchange for a bigger size. Seemed like it would be very comfy in a bigger size, so I'm exchanging. But seriously, I'm still recovering from trying to get the size 8 of this model onto my size 8 foot.