text: Ugghhh! What is with Loeffler Randall shoes being ultra-narrow?! This is the second pair of shoes that I have purchased (and returned) from this line--both because they are way too narrow. The first pair I bought were the Irini slip-on sneakers, and while I actually got them on, they squeezed the living daylights out of my foot across the vamp (I only tried on one shoe as I didn't see the point in making both of my feet suffer). I don't by any stretch have what I would consider to be wide feet (All my shoes are regular/medium width, which makes me think buying a wide width would be laughable and unnecessary). When I saw these slides, I fell in love with them and never gave any thought to my previous experience with LR shoes. I definitely had a rude (re-)awakening when I couldn't even get my foot into the slide. I was able to get it on to about the start of my metatarsus (the large bone leading up to the big toe), and that was it. I saw photos online of people wearing this shoe with room to spare, so I foolishly thought they would fit similarly to athletic slides. You can only imagine the depths of my disappointment when I found out this wasn't true. I even double-checked the shoes to make sure I had been sent the size I ordered (size 7), and I had. Placing my foot alongside the shoe, I saw that lengthwise, they would fit, so sizing up to an 8 would probably just make matters worse. Unfortunately for me, these will be going back, and I'm done buying shoes from this line.