'Nancy' Loafer

I'd been looking for a nice, comfortable loafer for forever. I'd been eyeing the calf hair version of these shoes but my local Nordy's didn't have them to try on. When these came in I was first in line to try them on. They are gorgeous. I normally wear a 7M in heels or flats without socks and 7.5 in flats/boots with socks. I tried both the 7 and 7.5 without socks. The 7 was a little tight but the 7.5 was way too big. I got the 7M and hope the suede stretches a bit. It should. Meanwhile I will wear sheer knee highs with them since bare skin 'sticks' to leather and makes shoes feel tighter. I know the sizing says to size down half a size but I'd be leary of doing so unless you have narrow feet. Mine are not. I'm a medium leaning toward wide. Many mediums are too narrow for me but a wide is too wide. Thinking of getting the purple also as these really are great looking shoes and the purple could be really fun with jeans. And you can't beat the Anniversary price.