text: I got two pairs of these from Macy's.  I got a black and a brown pair.  The black pair is absolutely terrific.  The brown pair, however, has a couple major problems.<br /><br />As I had hoped, the black pair creases in the area of the pleats as I walk.  A couple months later and there are hardly any creases in this area at all, because it seems that most of the strain is absorbed by the pleats.<br /><br />But the brown pair...creases exactly where I had hoped they wouldn't, right in front of the pleats.  in fact no flex at all seems to occur on the pleats, and so there is even more strain than usual in one particular spot.  Literally within one week, deep cracks and creases began to form in front of the pleats.  This might not be so bad if not for the second major problem...the dye job.<br /><br />The dye on the brown pair is terrible.  Every little bit of wear to the shoe, from the creases when walking, to accidentally bumping your shoe against your office chair, rubs the dye clean off of the shoe.  Yet somehow, no color is absorbed into these areas during a polish (except slightly in the creases in front of the pleats), so every little rub results in a permanent and obvious color change to the shoe (pictures included of both the black and brown pairs...freshly polished).<br /><br />I even brought the brown pair into a professional to ask about polishing techniques, and immediately after looking at them he said the dye job &#34;could have been better.&#34;  I hadn't even mentioned the dye to him or any of the wear that I was concerned about.  I'm thinking of sending these pictures to Stacy Adams and seeing what they think.  But this is going to stay a 2 star in the meantime.<br /><br />I would recommend the black pair, but the brown I'm sure won't even be wearable in another couple months of regular use around the office.