"stitching on s-strings unraveling & appears to be from the poor quality of material vs. defective shoe. Poor design b/c the shoestrings come laced but are not straight, even & come pulled flush for looks but the end of the very long s-strings there are Lg unremoveable tassels, so the s-strings can never be pulled out to fix & properly lace & adjust to get your foot in. It's pretty remarkable someone would make these this way & what an oversight."