First off, the shoes I received do not look like the shoes in the photos.  I received shoes  with a 1&#34; platform and a steel colored spike heel. Therest of the shoeslook the same as the pictures and they are beautiful but not the type of shoes I'm accustomed to wearing or thought I would be getting. From the lloks of the soles and the somewhat beat up box it looked like they might have been tried on a few times or even worn at an insode event.