"I bought the brown shoes first. Despite needing to buy a 9.5 when I normally wear between a 10-10.5 these are the best shoes I've ever owned. So much that I went back 8 months later and bought a black pair. They pass as dress/casual for work and are not so formal that a pair of jeans look great too. There is no structure to the heal so when I need to take the trash out, they slide right on. I'm going to buy a new pair of the brown since I have almost worn through at the balls of my foot. But that's from wearing them almost every day for more than 2 years. My big hope is that Born never stops making them, which it looks like they may have done. Keep these in production, they are simple and serve so many looks."