I wear heels almost everyday and am just shy of a size 8 with the need for those little heel spacers so ordered the usual size 8. They look decent enough given the price, they're 4.5&#34; high as stated that also includes a .5&#34; hidden platform, and they fit just right, no spacers needed, awesome! Sadly, that's where the awesomeness ended. The front pinched my toes and they felt crunched after just a bit of walking around the house. So, instead of spacers we added some thin foam pieces in the front to cushion the toes. Wore them to work today and after barely 100 steps from the car to my desk I have an open blister on the back of the left heel and the start of one on the right! Ok, we'll break out the band-aids we keep in the desk drawer and put some of those on. The ball of the foot is also not cushioned so lets add a round little gel piece for that one part on the inside of your foot that bears the majority of your weight. Now, I spend the majority of my day at my desk with the occasional trip to the printer or restroom and a trip down to the cafeteria for some coffee, yet barely half way through the day the front of the left shoe is completely separated - what the heck?! Inspect the right shoe and find that it's also starting to separate along the outer side! Clearly this is a lovely case of getting what you paid for. At $15 I wasn't expecting anything fantastic but I at least thought they'd make it one day. Instead, 2 foam inserts, 2 gel inserts, 4 band-aids, and 2 pieces of day saving double stick tape on the right shoe later - the dumpster has a new pair of shoes.