My second pair of these. As with the last pair, there's plastic bits that stab into your feet and legs on one or both shoes. It's just the mesh film keeping the lace in place and more durable. Fix it by using precision scissors to cut them down, then use a rubbery glue like E-6000 to cover them. Temp fix, bandaids along the seams. Other than that these are not real leather (they'd cost you $$$), and will take the same beating as most high heels. I wear them often but they look great.