Customer Reviews Donald Pliner Helio

love the shoe. I needed a size up. I should have ordered my normal size but due to other loafers running large I ordered 1/2 size smaller I sending them back. good looking shoe.

Comfortable right out of the box. Love the different textures and hardware.

They run small, I am a 9 and couldn’t get my foot in the shoe. Very pretty!

I have worn a size 7 for 33 years. This shoe felt like a size 6 on my foot.

This shoe runs small. I am always a size 7 and I had to return it.

I absolutely love these loafers. They're well-made, gorgeous and 99% comfortable! The 1% not comfortable is probably just my ankles, which are extremely low. The side of the outer part of the shoe hits my ankle hard and really hurts. If not for that, I'd get them in every color!

Pliner never disappoints. Great fit and style. Shoes that last decades are worth the investment.

Beautiful shoe, a little chunkier than what I usually wear but it will be great to wear with fall and winter jeans or cords.

Comfortable and stylish. Got many compliments about it.

I love the fit of these shoes. They are very comfortable!

Great fit and comfort. The style was so close to my liking but couldn't get past the parts I didn't like. The shoe and suede was nice but the buckle just seemed like if it was in a metal finish it would have made the shoe look better and the "crinkle" patent trim would have been so much better in a smooth patent. The crinkle patent (IMO) looks cheap. I wanted to like them but back they go.

Great shoe! Super comfortable right out of the box. I am usually a size 9.5 or 10 and I ordered the size 10. They fit perfectly.

Great looking shoe and very comfortable. Posh looking. Looks great with jeans and slacks. Style is not compromised. Great find

Fit well from the very beginning. True to size and the navy gets lots of compliments

Love the color and the fit. I will wear to office and be comfortable and stylish all day.

Beautiful loafer, lovely color &suede. Way too narrow for my foot. I normally take a medium or sometimes wide and these are painfully narrow. Back they go

Very very comfortable but in the end decided i didn't love the styling enough to keep them.

I do wear these loafers a lot. I like the rugged sole. Like most Pliners, if you typically have a range in preferred size of shoe, go with the larger size. I wish the blue color was a little less cheerfully bright so they would blend in more with my navy trousers. They do look great with jeans. The style is nice, Pliners tend to be comfortable, but not like a super cushy orthotic comfortable, just regular comfortable (meaning they leave my feet hurting).

I liked the style but these were very small. I am usually a true size 6 but I couldn't even put them on.

I'm not sure they will stretch out like I need them to. I originally ordered a 10 and now, an 11 - hoping they will not be too big! It is tough being a half-size!

I really wanted to love this shoe, as I have several older pairs of this brand that I am still wearing. This shoe is very stiff and while the width was fine through the arch, the toe box was too small/tight and my big toe was painfully rubbing the top of the shoe. Don't know if a half size up would improve the fit, but it was not available. Also, while the shoes have a rub sole, the bottom has a plastic coating that looks cheap and is very slippery. Cannot even image how slippery they would be on a wet surface, as they were slippery on a hardwood floor. For the price I expected much better quality from this brand. Returning both pairs (different colors)

Great looking shoe in the box, lenghth was right, but heel too wide so I walked right out of them.

Cute, casual, wide heel and narrow toe for me.

The shoe looked like a baby shoe when I unboxed it. I have a short, wide foot, size 6.5 and have work DJP for 20 years in a size 7, which has worked like a dream due to the buttery soft leather. I bought the Helio loafer in black, saddle and navy and all three looked like a 6 or 6.5, so short and narrow. They are out of the saddle in 7.5 and I doubt the length would work. So disappointed, this is otherwise a beautiful loafer that - if it weren't so pinchy after I mashed my foot into it, feels like it would be very comfortable. How did a size 7 shrink like this?

A bit chunky looking and not comfortable on my foot. Thought I would like it better.