This loafer is a life time leather shoe. Well constructed. Thick sole. This is a heavy shoe. On the J Crew website, a lot of the reviews say that this shoe runs small, I disagree. If you have a narrow foot then you need to get your normal shoe size or even a size down. I bought several sizes to try on the different sizes because the reviews were sketchy. If your foot is a wider width then maybe a size up, I'm just not sure about that, I can only go off of the fact that I have a narrow foot and I bought a 11 and they were flopping off my feet.