These shoes feel awesome!  There is plenty of room for my toes to move and flex.  The shoe is soft and springy when walking.  The fact that they are machine washable is a slam dunk.  They look a teeeeeeeeeny bit orthopedic.  LOL.  You probably don't want to wear them when you're dressed to the nines, but for work and casual wear they are fine.  For me comfort trumps aesthetics.  I can rock a marginal Frankenstein shoe.  They still have the Mary Jane cute factor.