I grew up in a suburb. These slides are extremely well-made, well-padded & very comfortable. That said the construction feels solid, buttons are decent enough, a little squishy but not bad. She?s 16, wears a women?s 5 or 5. It looks like she was walking outside barefoot. Reviews were pretty good so went against my normal try before you buy and ordered. The medal is very sturdy, and the wood top is beautiful. I felt I would have to part with the black ones and make do with the slightly skimpy beige, however, I spent the morning wearing the beige and then the afternoon wearing the black trying to stretch them out a bit to force the toe post up a bit because there is just about enough room for my feet to sit within the platform. They didn?t have half sizes so I rounded up to 8. Im 53", 36DD, 165lbs.