Townes Slide Sandal

I bought these and immediately wanted to return them. I have another pair of Townes sandals and loved them. I ordered these hoping to have some other options. I ordered the same size as my other Townes and the slides were so narrow and VERY HEAVY. My foot felt exhausted just wearing them around the house. Very disappointed in these.

I’ve had these for a few days now and some of the other reviews give me the giggles. When I took these out of the box, I noticed they were really stiff. I thought to myself, because I bought them on clearance, “oh, I didn’t realize they were leather, I guess I’ll have to wear them around the house and break them in a bit.” I also know that I have pretty large, wide feet for a woman—I’m a size 11-12 wide, normally I just wear men’s or unisex shoes instead—so I wasn’t expecting these to look particularly “dainty” or “feminine”. I’ve owned Birkenstocks before, many moons ago, and these are a very similar visual style. In the few days I’ve had them and been wearing them regularly, they’ve gotten a lot more comfortable, but I did take a star off because you can’t deny the squeakiness. I sound like SpongeBob. I’m hoping with even more wear that will go away, but if not, I do a lot of altering and mending so I can probably figure something out to fix that myself. I love my other Chaco’s for their comfort and these are no different. I might add an extra hole on the strap because again, I’ve got wide feet and the tools to do so. These are practical shoes and that’s what you should expect them to be.