text: These shoes are much cuter in the picture than they are out of the box.  I have several pair of Merrell shoes/sandals and all have great arch support.  Not these.  There is some but not what I have come to expect from Merrell.  I also did not like the side view of these shoes with the gray -- I would have liked them better (had they fit), with a completely black footbed and sole. These shoes were also cut smaller than other Merrell sandals.  I typically wear a 1/2 size and size down but sizing down with these made them small -- the back of my foot was actually hanging over the back of the shoe.  Even had they fit, they would have been returned for the reasons I returned them as stated above.