text: I believe these shoes are a knock off of the real gentle souls brand.  The pair of shoes I recieved had bad quality control.  The arch support in one of the shoes had a smaller stitching which created a larger pad in the arch then the other.  Because of that the arch padding sticks up too much making these shoes are unwearable.  Also, I have 2 pairs of these shoes that I bought from Nordstroms at $195 so when I saw these for around $80 on Amazon I thought 'score'! But I was wrong the logo is not the same logo as the ones from Nordstroms.  I also found the top strap to be too tight on both the shoes from Nordstroms and these so I actually just cut it off which created a really nice pair of ballet flats.  With that being said I tried these on briefly when I received them to ensure fit and promptly cut the strap off.  I wasn't until I went to wear them out one day that I discovered the arch issue, so now I can't return them.