These shoes are the best I've ever tried. I used to wear only split sole ballet slippers and would have never even dreamed about wearing a full sole, but I needed black slippers (I didn't get them from here) for my Halloween costume one year and could only find full sole (Dansofts) so i had to buy them. Then on Halloween, wouldn't you know it, it rained and I couldn't wear them. At the time I was very mad, but now I'm glad I didn't get wear them because they would've beed ruined, but now I can wear them now for dancing. They last a long time and mould to your foot fast. If mine get dirty or dusty on the bottom (or top) I wipe it off with a damp, but not too damp paper towel and they look almost new. Also, the full sole seems to make you work slightly harder to arch your foot to it's full potential and keeps me from knuckling my toes. Now that I've tried these I'm never going back to split sole. I wouldn't even switch shoe models - even if they looked and performed very similiar or identically. I like to stick with what I know, and now this is what I know. The only downside is that on occassion the shoe will form a small "bubble" under the ball of you foot while pointing. This can be fixed by simply taking your finger and pushing the "bubble" against you foot (that's still pointing). Since you can't keep constantly pushing in the "bubble" while dancing it might not be the best shoe for performances, but is fine for class as the "bubble" should not disrupt the formation of the arch or hinder the quality of dancing. It just won't make the feet look as streamlined or defined as they would in a slightly more conforming shoe. But in the end I think the pros far outweigh the cons. And you definately can't beat the price :) 5 stars

Lining was damaged, so I returned this ballet slippers. I tried them on, the edges of the elastic straps scratch your feet. I ordered size 4 and I felt it was little bit tight. I normally wear 5.5 street shoes. Perhaps 4.5 would be a better fit. 3 stars

This shoe runs very big. I ordered as if I would a normal shoe that is not wide. The shoe is very big on my foot and I am unable to wear them. 3 stars