"These shoes look just like the picture. They really are extremely stylish and very comfortable. The only thing I will say is I'm usually an 8.5 in mens athletic shoes, and an 8 in regular shoes (boat shoes, dress shoes, sandals), but there are a little big, once you tie them tight they fit fine and don't slip off, but I'm not sure having gone to a 7.5 if that would be have been too small (sort of in between sizes unfortunately). So, just take that into consideration especially if this is your first time buying penguin."