I want to love these. The style is really cute and I feel like you could easily dress them up or down. The color is great, a rich purplish-red. I bought them hoping they would work for an upcoming vacation where I anticipate doing a lot of walking. But they feel very, very stiff, and the spot where the elastic straps attach at the inside of the foot feels very tight. I can't imagine these being comfortable to walk any distance in. I'm sending them back.