text: The shoe is a striking design and a brilliant color, and it's why I'm giving them 2 stars, but I had problems with sizing and a defect, and it's why I have been trying to send them back. (More on the seller in their ratings...)<br /><br />I'm wear a 9 and they run a full size too large. It's possible that those for whom they fit &#34;as expected&#34; are people with wider or &#34;fatter&#34; feet. My feet are slender overall. These fit like a 10. (I have started to notice a pattern with &#34;unknown&#34; brands made in China are usually off in their sizing -- tending to run large.) Also, they had a manufacturing defect on one of the eyelets so that I couldn't get the latch to go into it.<br /><br />Also, the color is slightly different to the eye than pictured -- including the buckle which looks silver to me in the picture but is gold. Still, interesting and very unique.