text: The shoe is beautiful but it hurt my toe.  I wear a size 8 between M & N and was afraid to size up to 8-1/2 because the front bed becomes wider in most shoes and my foot swims in them.  Other thing I noticed is that there is not much rubber on the sole which means the twine will fray very quickly if worn a lot.  I kept this pair because I wore them to work but sent the other back.