I read the reviews before purchasing. Majority of the review advised to go up a size. I went up one size and the shoes are a bit big but not too big. She will get two years out of them. I would definitely recommend.Buy Them! These were the perfect tap shoes for my little girl's 1st recital. I especially loved that she could put them on by herself (velcro strap). The value was perfect for the shoes. Definitely recommended.I listened to the reviews and sized up, but had to send them back for her true size. Otherwise, no issues, seems like a good tap shoe!First I tried to save some money and bought a cheaper pair of similar dancing shoes. At the and I bought this one and these shoes fit my child perfectlyI read through all of the reviews before purchasing these tap shoes. Many people noted that the shoes ran very small and to go up 1 to 2 sizes. People even noted that going up 1.5 sizes were a perfect fit, with no room to grow. I printed off a shoe size measuring foot from Amazon and measured my 3 year old daughter and then went up 2 sizes since my daughter actually will not be taking a tap class until summer, but she wanted a pair of tap shoes to practice/play in now. She was an 8.5 per my measurement. I ordered a 10.5 medium. These are waaay too big for her. You can see the cracks of her toes and her toes almost look like they are going to come out the top of the shoe. I worry about her twisting her ankle in the shoes since they are too big and tap shoes can be slippery, especially on our ceramic tile floor. It is also very difficult for her to tap in them because she cannot bend her foot since they are so large. She wants to wear them, so I really have to tighten the Velcro strap down. She will grow into them eventually, but I am going to purchase another pair 1 size smaller (which is 1 size up from her measured foot size), which I anticipate will still be a little big according to how big this pair is, but with some room to grow. She is petite and does not have "thick" feet, so I went with the medium and they seem fine width wise.I normally do not like to buy shoes online because it is so hard to get the fit right the first time. I did order these online for a couple of reasons: 1. They were so much cheaper than ordering directly from Capezio ($42) 2. Our closest dance store is approx. 30 minutes away and they tried to tell me that this shoe is not made in black patent leather, despite me telling them that they are and that I had seen them on both Amazon and the Capezio website. They told me that they had the tan and they were the same price as the Capezio website. I considered going over there just to try the tan on for sizing, but who knows if they would have had medium and wide width and several sizes in stock.I would definitely purchase these shoes again. I love the Velcro strap as my daughter can easily put them on herself. If you have a dance store near to your home, I would take a trip over and try them on for size since it seems like the reviews are all over the board, unless you don't mind making returns. In our case, I could have purchased her current shoe size and they would have probably been a perfect fit, but with little growing room. I would recommend going up 1 size per our experience.We received my daughter's Capezio tap shoes today in the mail. I was honestly surprised that they weren’t in an Amazon box as most packages I’ve received have always been in one. The tap shoe box was in complete shambles. Looked like it was smashed . I’m not sure what happened to it in all honesty. I think better packaging of the product would have kept the box in better condition . We would’ve kept the box to keep her shoes in. The shoes were in perfect condition thankfully !My daughter normally wears a size 10 in little girls shoes and her dance teacher told us to size up one from street shoes. The sizing she suggested seems accurate as they fit my daughter well with some room to grow!Really nice shoes . Just wish the packaging was better.My daughter wears a size 7 in shoes. I read the reviews that suggested sizing up one size, which I did. The size 8 shoes that I received *just* fit my daughter with no room to grow. The tops of her feet also had a red indent on them after wearing the shoes for less than 5 minutes. If I had bought another pair, I probably would have gone up 1.5 sizes and opted for the wide option. As a positive, my daughter loved the shoes and they did look cute!Expensive but easy to take on and off and my daughter hasn’t slipped in themBeautiful tap shoe.Matte finish & easy for little ones to put on!