Carla Flat (Women)

My pro is that the leather is butter soft and there is nice support inside the shoe. I love the silver leather as well. I have been looking for the perfect flat for a long time, it has to have arch support, a little lift, doesn't dig into the sides of your foot nor it widens out as you walk. If anything, I feel these fit on the narrow side which is great for my foot. My con is simply the style, It has more coverage on top of the foot so if you have bunions (which I do not) you would be in great shape. I simply do not how long this makes your foot look. I am a 7 1/2 and when I saw them on me, it just looked liked I had on too big of a shoe. So for that reason only, I am returning mine.

I live in San Francisco and walk a lot, especially with a baby in a stroller to get to daycare. These are comfortable, soft leather, great padding and had no break-in period. My big toe bunion feels no pain in these shoes. They look a bit more like a mom shoe (but hey I’m a mom now!) and they are more square than I’d typically like, but I can get past the look for the comfort.

I got this in the blue suede, so that may run different to the others who say this runs large, but this ran at least half to almost a full size too small for me. I am consistently a size 9 in flats, and this felt like a size 8. Leather was beautiful, cut was a little modest for my taste (I prefer a lower cut in the front, but knew this when buying the shoe), footbed is padded comfortably, color is lovely. Width was fine, but I have a narrow foot. It just ran much much too small for me.

I was between sizes and ended up having to size down, but this made them too uncomfortable. My arches would kill me after wearing and they would rub on my heel. I also found that the inside liner wasn’t glued to the bottom of the shoe so would fold under my foot and flip up during wear which was annoying. Maybe flats just aren’t for me, but I’d spend money on a more quality brand next time.