have the predecessor model and am very satisfied. Therefore wanted to buy a new merger me. When new model is in contrast to the old merger stitch uppers - sole optically added. I have a similar Ecco shoe with the same seam design. After 2 years the stitching have solved left and right with both shoes. Those were only visually, glued trim with stitching pattern without function. Too bad, as decades of ECCO fan I have to say "sooner was better". I will not bring me this kind of shoes with decorative stitching.