text: I really like these shoes, get lots of compliments on them and actually own several pairs in different colors.  My mistake this year (I still have my very first pair from several years ago) was taking the advice of another reviewer who suggested that they be ordered in my exact shoe size so they won't be too large once they stretch out.  Unfortunately, my feet are slightly wider than average and these shoes hold their shape very well; hence do NOT stretch out very much at all. This means that I can only wear the very thinnest of pedi-socks with them and I actually developed a callus breaking them in.  Wish I had just ordered them a half size larger like I did with my first pair.