text: Updating and downgrading this product after owning and wearing these for several months. The sandal is attractive but the fact that the ankle strap doesn't actually release (rather you put your foot thru it) really gets annoying after a few weeks of doing so; it's impossible to throw these sandals on &#34;on the fly&#34; as it were when heading out the door. Also, very surprisingly, it's a great thing that these are washable int he machine because oddly, something about the footbed material, the sandals WILL develop an odor if you wear these 2-3 days in a row. Very surprising for someone with normally non-smelly feet. Taking off one star for these reasons.  I own a few pair of Keens (hiking boots, hiking shoes, Newport Sandals). I was looking for something as comfortable as the rest, but black and that could be passable to wear for work with casual outfits. They're nice, they have the same comfortable footbed as my Newports. Nice enough to wear with the slightly more casual summer outfits at work. They've replaced the signature heavy Keen toe bumper with a smaller bumper and a cloth toe &#34;cover&#34; on these sandals, which lend them a bit of a &#34;mary jane&#34; look. From the pics, I thought they'd have the same unique &#34;rugged yet feminine&#34; look of my Newports, but these are definitely more delicate looking, The straps don't cover as much of the foot as they'd seem to from the pic, but the straps have a very nice and unusual pattern across the foot that is attractive.The only downside I've seen is that these seem to run a bit small--not on length or width, but on the depth/thickness of the foot. The straps are a bit snug, as is the ankle strap--which doesn't open completely, it just loosens to slide your foot in. They loosen up with wear. But when you wash them (because, yay, washable in the standard washing machine), you're back to square one with snugness.