I have purchased several different styles of livie & Luca brand shoes. I purchase this shoe last year and my daughter absolutely loved them. The velcro straps are amazing and the sneaker is very soft on her ankles. I also feel like this shoe goes with just about anything and it's perfect in the fall. my daughter just about won't wear any other type of shoe so I went ahead and ordered them for this year too. I just wish there were more color options last year there were some magenta ones that I wish I had bought. Anyway my daughter were these for a year and the only reason we got rid of them is because we needed to upsize. Great shoe and definitely worth the money. They even held up in the snow.