This shoe is great! I love having an alternative to heels that is comfortable and plain - no frilly things, nothing.The leather is soft, the shoe is bendable, and has good padding on the inside / bottom to keep me from being flat-footed all day (which typically leads to somewhat painful heels in other flat shoes for me).They go with anything and everything - which I LOVE. The match-factor adds way more value to the shoe for me since I don't want to have to stock up on every color in every shoe (due to a limited closet AND wallet).The first 2 days I wore them, the areas on the top where the shoe ended and the top of my foot was bare (not sure what to call that part) felt a little snug. When I would take the shoes off, I'd have a little red 'ring' or 'mark' on those areas. But that was really just 2 days, and it's meant to stretch and form to your foot. Which is exactly what it did : )I highly recommend these if you are in the market for a black flat. Well worth the money as I'll wear them a TON! I even want to buy another in a different color (which goes against my closet and wallet 'rule')!