I’ve got to share my experience with these shoes. Yes - they look good. Yes - they’re a bit more interesting than your conventional Converse shoes and yes - they’re reasonably well put-together. However, I’ve had a series of inconveniences with these shoes that I’d like to share with you before you make a decision to part with your cash. Before I start, please note that the delivery from USC took SEVEN DAYS. I payed for delivery and the first delivery attempt was made to my office at half-past-nine in the evening (obviously the office was closed). If I pay extra for delivery, I expect the items to arrive in the next couple of days. A full week is far too long. Poor show USC. So, the shoes… After a single month of use, the fabric on the inside of the heel frayed, broke and started to peel away, revealing the plastic inside the heel counter (the bit that wraps around your heel). This rubbed against my heel and was really uncomfortable. I had to resolve this by buying adhesive heel pads to stick to the inside of the heel for padding. This is after one month. Augmentation number 1. As your foot sits quite low inside the shoe, the cuff around your ankle and heel rubs and becomes quite uncomfortable. To avoid this, I added an innersole to raise the foot. Augmentation number 2. The laces on these converse shoes are skinnier than usual. I bought wider laces to make them look like other converse shoes. Augmentation number 3. I bought these shoes because they are made of nylon. Two benefits to nylon: It’s waterproof and easy to clean / keep clean. After wearing these shoes in the rain ONCE they let water in around the underside of the toe and the rain water stained the top of the toe (a mark I now can’t remove). Both reasons for buying nylon shoes are defeated. Also, after walking in the rain, I think the glue that binds the bottom of the innersole to the rubber sole (on the inside) has come loose. Now the right shoe makes a sticky noisy every time I lift my foot. I wore these shoes on a recent tourist trip around (lots of walking). By the end of the day my feet were a mess - toes rubbed raw, blisters on the heel and big toe. Had to band-aid-up to survive. Finally, these shoes creak all the time. Every step is noisy. I honestly can’t recommend these shoes. With a little more attention from the manufacturer, these could have been great shoes. Converse need to improve the build quality of their shoes and improve the fabrics and materials they use.