"I see that another person had the same experience as I with these shoes, and I wish I could have read that before purchase (at a DSW store). The front toes on both shoes gets scuffed from normal walking. I don't ever remember this happening in 50 years of wearing different kinds of shoes. I need to polish these every week, but just on the toes, because they get scuffed. Otherwise, these are very well-constructed-looks they will last a long time. They look nice also. Sorry but the way they are shaped at front is not practical to stay nice-looking."