I bought these after the sales rep told me how comfortable they were. Explained to her that I have arthritis and she raved about how she does too and these are great, she can wear them all day long. Well, not the case. The stones across the top are not padded and cut into the tops of my feet. The bottom is completely without padding and caused my heals to hurt. I got them through a vendor at the Farmers Market and so instead of going back to argue with the vendor, I went and purchased those gel shoe inserts and padded the bottoms as well as lined the tops wear the jewels hit the tops of my feet. I would NOT recommend this for comfort or walking. They sure are cute though.