Customer Reviews Dr. Martens 8065 Smooth Leather Mary Jane Shoes

i’m normally a size 8 but other people said that with these shoes to order a size down, but the size down was WAY too small. with mary janes, order your reg size and they’ll fit comfy with minimal to no blistering!

Great shoes, cute and comfortable.

I’ve owned a pair of boots for almost 8 years now and they’re still in perfect shape. I wear them multiple times a week and figured having a lighter weight/different style of the same brand could be nice. I ordered these in the same size as the boots and they fit like a glove. I can’t wait to break them in!

Docs are never fun to break in but these are timeless shoes.

Beautiful docs but super stiff! These dig into my heels. I’m using coco butter to soften up the leather. I know to only wear docs a few hours to break them in but these are taking longer. Hopefully the coco butter will help.

Great style, should break in beautifully. My older sister had these shoes in the 90s and I have always loved this style. I wanted something to wear in colder weather for work (university administration) that was professional but stylish and fun. I think these will be perfect. Having said that, I 100% believe that it will take at least a week of wearing to break in (I've had them only 4 days). I wore them for a day with two pairs of socks (thin dress socks under big hiking boot socks) and with XL bandaids over my Achilles tendon (only place the shoe rubs). I have been wearing them around the house today with just ankle socks and they are less stiff, but still have a few more days to go! The top back edge of the shoe turns in a little, which is the problem spot, but everyone I have talked to who wear DMs say "be patient, it softens and you'll love the shoe." I tend to have higher tops of my feet, but the "tongue" and top straps don't rub, surprisingly! Toe bed is big enough to wiggle my toes, but not in a clownish way. I prefer good arch support (for instance, Toms kills my feet) and I think these will be fine (but you can always insert orthotics, which I may do as they wear down) I foresee the black leather getting scuffed pretty easily, but I think it will age nicely and I'll take the effort to oil the leather. Size: I kept the UK 6M (8US women's). The 6M works very well for me and, although I was going to say I sometimes wear 7.5US and sometimes 8US...I just checked and all but two of my pairs of shoes are 8 (Bobs and Clark's Wallabees are the exception and, yes, they are tight and I don't wear them often, especially after getting pregnant - oy - in fact, I bought another type of Clark's in size 8 and they're my go-to now). In case you're wondering, the shoe brands I comfortably wear size 8 in are: Clark's (EU 39), Lands End (EU 38.5), Earth Origins, BOC, Croft and Borrow, Dansko (EU 39), Keen (EU 38.5), Adidas, Reiker (EU 39), Birkenstocks (39). Also, for reference, I do have a pair of steel-toed DM boots that are UK 5 (US women's 7) that fit just fine (*shrug*). I know some people have different sizes in different brands, so I hope that helps someone!

Look amazing and are super comfortable! No breaking in period and are comfy straight away. Have been wearing them for long shifts where I am constantly on my feet and have no leg pain (unlike with other shoes I've had for work). They're smaller in size to the unisex DMs which I tend to size down in, so get your usual shoe size with these! The straps were stiff to begin with but after 3 wears or so they loosen up. As will all DMs, they're very high quality and I'm very pleased with my purchase.

Nice shoes, looks good. I love this vintage design.

Dr. Martens come and go in style, but the boots are in style right now, so my 15 year old daughter wanted to try these also. She loves them and they're really cute on her!

The fit was fantastic right out of the box, no discomfort.

Perfect

I ALWAYS wear size 10, but size 10 was 42 EU and was way too big. I had to order size 9 to get these shoes to fit.

I wear a European size 39 and these were a great fit. They are indeed very stiff out the box but I wore wool socks and slowly broke them in. After a month of continuous wear they are much softer and I have no pain wearing the shoes with just a thing pair of tights. As a professor I can wear them to work and find them very comfortable for teaching days. Very cute when paired with dresses, skirts, and pants.

I wore Docs in the 90s and kept my first pairs for about 10 years. I was excited to return to them as a great option for comfort and style at (in my opinion) a reasonable price point for everyday shoes. They are incredibly comfortable once broken in. They look great with jeans and with dresses/skirts. I am a professor and find them work appropriate and capable of handling everything Boston weather throws at them- snow, rains, cobble stone streets. I wear an 8.5 or sz 39 and the U.K. size 6 felt just right. I wear them with thin wool socks or tights.

These are gorgeous Mary Jane-styled shoes. They are crafted with high-quality materials, and clear attention to detail makes this pair a true head-turner, regardless if paired with a skirt, slacks, jeans, or shorts.

I bought the shoes for my wife and she loves them! Perfect in every way for her as she wears the shoes to work and when we go out. She raves about the color and how the shoes look as good as the day she got them.

I am still breaking mine in so right now I probably should have rated them lower in the comfort part but honestly I can totally see how comfortable they will be once they are broken in, I understand that could take a while. I personally don't expect that something I buy today will be the same as what it was 20 years ago so while these are not the same quality as they were in the past, I still find them to be overall the same shoes. I have had a serious ankle injury andI needed a pair of flat comfortable shoes to wear that would be good to teach in but more so to go from building to building on brick sidewalks at the university that would still be stylish and work appropriate; these fit the bill perfectly.

I wear a 9-9.5 and I ordered a size 41. They have a nice roomy toe box and I can wear thick socks. Im a teacher, I am on my feet moving all day and these are great. They had what felt like an air bubble under my toes in the right shoe, at popped every time I walked, but after 3 days of breaking in, it worked itself out and now they are perfect. Great quality, sturdy, supportive shoes that I would absolutely purchase again.

When I tried these on the first time, I had to unbuckle them completely in order to get them on. Buckling them is difficult because the leather is so stiff. I had to put them on the loosest setting. The tongue was also digging where the top of my foot meets the ankle. That night, I stuffed them tightly with hand towels. I left them that way for two days. Then I wore them to work several days in a row and they were totally comfortable. After one day, I was able to tighten the buckles. I can now get them on without unbuckling them, using a shoehorn and the fit is perfect. No digging at all, either. I thought the break-in period was going to be difficult, but two nights stuffed with towels did the trick. They're adorable and comfortable enough to wear all day. (I always wear them with socks.) I'd be happier if they were made in England, but for the great sale price I paid on Zappos, these cute cherry red Mary Janes are worth the money.

I really like my new Dr. Martens! The break-in period has been a little rough...pretty tough on the back of my heels right now but they'll get there. I've received lots of compliments!

I bought my first pair of doc's in the '80's. I wore them for about 10 years. I also purchased a couple more pair in the mean time. The last tow pair I purchased are still in the boxes in my closet, I am still wearing a pair I purchased about 5 years ago. I feel like the ones I am wearing now are not as well made as the ones that were made in England, but after wearing them for 5 years, I shouldn't complain. They are great for work. I wear them everywhere! I think I'll be buried in them! I have three favorite shoe brands and my docs are number one!

Bought these as a gift for my daughter. Chose same size as her Dr Marten boots, ran a full size too big. However, exchange was painless and fast with Zappos. Great customer service!

I'm a teacher with arthritic hips, so I need supportive shoes to get through the day. These are sturdy, supportive, and pretty cute. I've loved Doc Martens for decades. Nice to have a pair with a slightly feminine look.

This is the first pair of Doc I've purchase since around 1996. As we all know, Dr. M has shifted production from England to various countries in Southeast and East Asia since that time. There seem to be mixed reviews about the quality given that change. My two cents about the quality is this: Upon initial inspection and a few wears, these look and feel no different from the made in England Docs of my youth. Plain and simple, I can't tell a difference. Everything is as it should be. Will they hold up as well, I can't say. But they feel and look like they will. From a style perspective, these are classic clunky 90s shoes, exactly like you remember them from your babydoll dress and ripped tights outfit in 1995. They look cuter on the foot than they do in the picture, for those of you that didn't wear these the first time around. From a comfort and fit perspective: I normally wear a 9.5, but often buy a 10 to accomodate thick socks, and just because my feet are a tiny bit wide (but wide enough to necessitate a wide width shoe), so the extra room is helpful. I sized down in these and got the UK 7/US 9. They fit perfectly. If you're between sizes, I would say to size down. Comfort wise, well, they are Docs, so they have a break in period. Not a big deal to me, but to those with more sensitive feet, be forewarned. Even not yet broken in, I find these amazingly comfortable. The air cushioned sole really does make a difference. I wore them for the first time to IKEA this weekend, and for the first time ever, made it out of there without aching feet, so, enough said. My only complaint about these is that the buckles are RIDICULOUSLY difficult to adjust. Like, I literally spent 10 minutes on that. I also felt like I was on the verge of breaking the buckles the entire time. Fortunately, once the buckles are adjusted, you can slip your foot in without undoing them (a shoehorn would be helpful here), so it's ok. If I had to unbuckle these every time I put these on, I wouldn't keep them. Fortunately that is not the case. Overall, very happy with these. I'll enjoy reliving my 90s adolescence through these several times per week.