text: Well, I am disappointed and of two minds in writing this review.<br /><br />One the one hand, the construction of the shoe appears solid, and it is absolutely gorgeous. Rarely would I spend so much money on sneakers, after all! The design is as eye-catching in real life as it is on the internet. I really love the shoes.<br /><br />On the other hand, the sizing runs small and is intensely narrow.They need to advertise this. I have a moderately wide foot and ordered a size 12 (my typical size), and it feels like my feet are being crushed. In all my years of shoe shopping (something I probably do far too much), I've never encountered anything even close to this. The size 12 shoe has a narrowness that feels appropriate for a size 10.5. I would like to try a size 13 and see how that goes, but Amazon are for some reason not offering that size, while other sites are. Very disappointing.<br /><br />The shoe is leather and might adjust a little with some (definitely painful) shoe-training. But these are so narrow that the back part of the leather (as you can see in the pictures, the shoe has a front hunk of leather and a back half, with the two stitched and glued together) is being forced to pop out on both sides in a sort of ovular shape. This leaves me with little hope that training the leather could possibly do enough, so I'm almost surely going to just box these up and return them.<br /><br />I will update my review if Amazon customer service is of any help in getting a size 13. As it stands, I'm only giving these two stars because of how pretty they are. As long as your aren't a size 12 and in need of the unavailable 13, like I am... You could get a fantastic pair of shoes by just ordering a size larger than your standard. In that case, I definitely recommend them.<br /><br />EDIT:<br /><br />I am upgrading this to three stars. I never ended up returning them, because there was no hope for a 13 and because I loved the shoes enough to take the gamble of wearing them a few times. After training the shoes while having them tied quite tightly (to prevent that ovular leather flap problem I noted in my original review), the shoes have started to conform better to my feet. Hooray!<br /><br />I still completely stand by my original recommendation: Just order a size larger than what you would typically wear.<br /><br />But if you're a wide size 12 and can't get a 13... It's up to you, but I've found that they can work after spending time forcing them to conform.te tightly (to prevent that ovular leather flap problem I noted in my original review), the shoes have started to conform better to my feet. Hooray!  I still completely stand by my original recommendation: Just order a size larger than what you would typically wear.  But if you're a wide size 12 and can't get a 13... It's up to you, but I've found that they can work after spending time forcing them to conform.