I bought these for my wife. She loves the color they are (plum). She says the provide good arch support. She loved how they felt cushy when she first put them on but she says the cushy feeling soon went away. I told her that I've read hard sole flops are better for your feet than softies but that doesn't bother her really because she's used to wearing cork bottom sandals. Some people have these flops being long in the toe which I noticed when my wife first put them on but after she wore them a few days and broke them in the thing stretched out some and it wasn't so long then. This is a leather shoe and like all leather shoes it requires some break in time. Overall she loves the new flops and will wear them for years to come. I may even buy her another pair in a different color probably the natural color.