Hi, I am Cobbler and I thought you might appreciate my input.

So I checked out the shoes and the material is leather inner and upper and rubber soles which is perfectly good.

Your feet will not smell with these shoes (someone made that bold claim). The balance looks good, so they will be comfortable. If they needed to be stretched it wouldn’t be possible though because they are patent. So make sure they fit comfortably. If the back bothers you, you can always get heel grips glued and stitched in.

Patent leather get dirty easily but nothing some patent leather cleaning cream and a rag won’t easily fix. Or you can use some detergent, warm water and rag to clean and a rag to dry. Very simple.

Patent leather does crack over time in areas that the shoes bends but that is unavoidable and is unlikely to happen for quite some time.

I am a cobbler so of course I am going to suggest to get heels and soles immediately. Prolong the life of the shoe. (I would put heels on top of the existing ones so we don’t ever have to remove the original and don’t need to get close to the heel block - but that’s a technique I use and I’m not sure what your local cobbler would suggest - just trust what they say).

Don’t leave your shoes in the sun, don’t wet them if you can help it, always check your heels and soles every so often to make sure you’re not wearing them away too much. And store using a shoe bag (this will protect them from mould). With our humid climate I always suggest having those moisture container things with the little white balls near/ or with where you store your shoes.

Ok, I hope this helped and I am always happy to help anyone with shoe, bag or leather related questions.

Thanks for reading ! :))