I almost don't want to say how great these are because you will all buy my pairs and they will be sold out when I want them but they are wonderful. I wanted something almost flat, with not a lot of slant like many running shoes have and these are very low profile. But in addition to that, they are like feathers- soooooo light and incredibly comfortable. For the first time in years, I've found sneakers that fit my feet and look good on. I wanted something I could take traveling too that wouldn't weigh down my luggage and these are perfect and you can walk all over Timbuktu and your feet will not hurt. Plus, the colors are even better in person- I didn't think I would like the purple, aqua, yellow thing but I'm in love. I clean them with carpet powder because the instructions say not to wash in a machine and it actually works great with a clean toothbrush.