My daughter loves him, and cold feet belong to the past. The buckle, because you can get stuck because once torn ..that can also happen at any shoe with buckle and is not a quality defect ... the shoemaker was able to sew the buckle but for little money again. It is already the 3 pairs of shoes (size 32, 34 36) and the shoes were in spite of continuous use ever tadellos..ausserdem is decent thick and soft leather processed