The leather work, sewing and embossing is really nice! My 15 month old daughter loves these. The arch is a good height and the rest of the foot bed has molded to my foot shape. Note: These are constructed for tennis, not for walking or running, and so may be uncomfortable to wear as an everyday shoe. So light and they bounce back with your step. In my view, a years service is pretty good performance, but when I noticed the deteriotation, it was clear what I thought was soft and supple leather was faux leather on a fabric mesh backing. A tad bigger than expected but thats okay! Both seemed to be held securely in place and did not move when we took a 25 minute ride to the beach. ANC so thats nice when passthrough of off anc is on and it definitely keeps out the noise. I guess i like em, i wear em all the time.