I bought the ones in brown, love the style, but when I tryed them on, they hurt a little in the toung area. I checked and found that the material under the tonge was glued in a manner that caused the tonge to go under, I worked to straighten it, and succeded, but the other shoe, has a wrinkle in the tonge at the base and I'm unable to work it out. Will keep trying. Maybe it comes from the stuffing they put in the shoes, loved the fact that I can losen the ties to give extra room.