I bought these for durability for extensive walking and light hiking while on a trip. They are attractive, the gray tones are more bluish than I expected. I found them to be much too tight across the top of the foot, and I was unable to wear my orthotic in the shoe until after I cut that pink elastic thingy out (I guess I could have in theory made it looser by ripping up the seam that is sewn into that pink elastic thingy but it was so well reinforced that I just resorted to cutting the thing out). In retrospect, I think I should have bought a larger size. I wear 8.5 and bought an 8.5. Otherwise, it feels very comfortable and my foot feels quite stable while walking.