These shoes were so beautiful and we used them to complete Elsa's outfit for her debut to her Pre-K class because the Disney ones were so ugly. The bottoms are a kind of textile - not rubber so they started to fray very soon after wearing them. But they were so worth 5 stars. They made any outfit my daughter wore look absolutely stunning on her. In the end, she wore them until she grew out of them. A good 1.5 years, fraying and all. I'm very happy with the purchase.