Skechers Men's Loafer

Well, I have to say that I’m rather disappointed regarding what appears to be Skecher’s new “style” trend. I ordered this pair of shoes online in my usual size, men’s 10 1/2, although my feet are on the narrow side and my actual size is an 11 narrow, but most companies no longer seem to make or carry shoes in narrow width anymore. Skechers has always been my favorite for years now, making the most well-fitting and comfortable shoes I can ever recall owning. When this pair of shoes arrived, I thought it surely had to have been a mistake! But, no. Their new “relaxed fit” size modification made a 10 1/2 normal into an 11 wide. My feet were swimming it them! I had ordered them for a very soon upcoming trip, and couldn’t order new ones in time, so I had to go to a local Skechers outlet store to see if they had the same pair in a smaller size. Unfortunately, the outlet store did not have this same shoe style available. I was able to find something close, though. Again, unfortunately, I’m glad I was able to try on different sizes as opposed to guessing and re-ordering online, but this new “relaxed fit” thing made the size 10 still feel “a little” uncomfortably large. So, I got a 9 1/2, but, after getting them home and wearing them for a bit longer than you can at the store while shopping, walking around the house a bit with them on, sitting with them on for a while, I realized they were actually too small, and with my trip involving a lot of walking every day for an entire week, I could tell that these were going to get uncomfortable pretty quick. So, I finally ended up getting the size 10, but I have to say, that they’re just “okay” and not the super comfortable fit I’d come to expect from Skechers. Again, they feel slightly big, all the way around for me, and the arch feels slightly off location, but, they’re “acceptable,” and with a little thicker socks, I think they’ll be okay. Not sure if wearing them for the trip will maybe break them in a bit and actually make them feel larger/worse? I hope not. Anyway, it’s a real disappointment for me, as going to the outlet mall revealed that the majority of the shoes that Skechers now carries are this new ”relaxed fit,” and are the styles that are the most appealing. Their now very limited stock of “regular” or “normal” fit shoes don’t have anywhere near the options of colors and styles that the “relaxed fit” versions do, so I’m disappointed to say that I’ll probably be looking for another shoe company to switch to from now on. The comfort and fit just aren’t there anymore. So, if you’re looking at Skechers for shoes and ordering online as a guy (not sure about the women’s shoes), just know that the sizes for their “relaxed fit” shoes are a good half to almost entire size larger/wider than a men’s normal shoe size. Also, even though I’m a Prime customer, these shoes took a couple weeks to arrive, which is why I went to the outlet store and just returned these. The one semi-saving grace about this order was Amazon’s return process. I have a Staple’s office store really close by, and they are an Amazon return center. Amazon sent me both a text and an email with a return QR code immediately after filing a quick return request and reason, which only took a few short minutes. Then I just took the shoes there, and didn’t have to put them back in the Amazon shipping box, although obviously I had the shoe box. Staples takes care of everything else regarding return shipping. And I got my refund immediately the moment they scanned the code at Staples. So, yay Amazon for that very quick and simple process. Good luck and hope this review was helpful.