Not true leather, instead it is PU leather, meaning that it is a much lower quality. The buckles look and feel cheap, and the shoes smell terrible. There is a visible (at least 1/8 inch) gap between the heel tip and the rest of the heel where the pieces don't fit together properly. There are also multiple mars in the &#34;leather&#34; outer, when they came out of the box. I bought a 7 1/2, but it fit more like an 8 1/2, with a half inch gap between my heel and the back of the shoe.