Vessi Footwear
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Don't buy - throbbing fit and impossible to keep clean!
I was excited to purchase these shoes for my fall trip to Italy. I tried them on and wore them for a bit (inside) to make sure they fit. I normally wear 6.5 or a 7 and I had ordered a 7. All seemed fine. Then, I decided to really try them out on a 2 week trip to Mexico. Oh no! When I wore them all day (out sightseeing) my feet felt like they had been wrapped tightly with ace bandages and began to throb! I could not wait to get back to my hotel to get them off! It was not a length problem and I don't have a wide foot. I think it must have something to do with the fabric. Yes, the shoe is hard to get on (due to no tongue), but once on, it should be comfortable. I tried to wear them again a second day, thinking maybe they just needed to stretch a little, but the same results - constricted, throbbing feet! When I got home, I emailed Vessi and after going back and forth, their only suggestion was for me to store the shoes with rolled up oversized socks stuffed into them! Also, they looked filthy after the 2 day wear - and no, I didn't run through puddles like they show in the advertisements. Good luck trying to clean them by hand!