Upon receipt of these shoes I was very excited because they look exactly like they do in the pictures on the site. In fact, maybe better! The fit was also really good and they were girly enough for my little lady. The issue that I ran into with these shoes is that we are only on our 7th day of wearing these shoes for school and the cloth parts of the shoe have already almost completely unraveled! This is without any heavy outdoor play yet since the children have not had a chance to begin playing outside thus far. Unfortunately that means that we are not even 2 weeks into the school year and I will have to go shoe shopping. That being said, I can't recommend this shoe even for normal everyday wear. It's a huge disappointment!