Love the understated almost 'dressy' look to this shoe. As an older lady with creakiness issues, I am now very fussy with shoe comfort. My instep joints are fusing together and very sensitive to pressure. The long lacing up the tongue of this shoe exerts less pressure on my foot and is more comfortable than my other trainers. I have to wear lace up shoes or boots because my custom orthotic insoles raise my heel up just a little too much for slip ons work. My only criticism is that the laces are too short, it's impossible to tie a bow and I had to source 140CM laces elsewhere.