Understanding that these are ballet slippers and not shoes I did order these 1.5 sizes larger but even that was a pretty tight squeeze. My granddaughter doesn't have any room to grow in them. Other than the size issue they are exactly as expected. The stitching and quality are perfect and the color is pretty much as shown, not true ¨gold¨ but more an antiqued gold. My granddaughter loved them and calls them her princess slippers. I will probably order them again but go for 2 full sizes larger than her usual shoe size.Pretty good color, not too shiny, doesn't look tacky. After reading the reviews saying the shoes ran really small, I bought my daughter a size 13.5. She normally wears an 11 or 11.5. The shoes were too big, to the point they just don't look right. I should have bought a 12.5 or a 13 at the largest. Great price though for super cute shoes.These were for my granddaughters' Halloween costume. She wears a 1-2 in big girl sizes and these are a 4 and fit well. I have ordered these ballet slippers for a few years for costumes for Disney World and they hold up wonderfully!! These are perfect Princess shoes!! We have them in Silver as well.I bought these for my 2.5 yo daughter. The sizing confounds me. She wears 7.5 or 8 normally. Following people's advice, I ordered size 9.5. Way too large. So I tried 8. Way too small. 8.5 is also too small--mostly the elastic band is very very tight. I get they have to keep shoe from slipping off her foot when she's dancing but it's cutting into her. I will consider replacing elastic or just return them. But they are a pretty gold.First of all, when I say they "fit as expected," that's because I read the other reviews before ordering that said that the shoe ran SMALL. I ordered two sized up, and they're a good fit for our seven year old, who's taller than most. She absolutely LOVES these shoes, and wants to wear them all the time!We ordered 2 different shoes, one tap, the other these ones (ballet) both the same size. These ones were a bit snug while the other ones fit just fine.Very cute however I will be returning. Quality is poor (very very uncomfortable on my daughter)- they are very plasticy. They run extremelyyyyyyyyy small. My daughter wears a 7.5 and ordered a 9.5 based on the other reviews and I can barely get her feet in without elbow grease....Sad about them because they are cute and it's a nice break from pinkIt could have been better but considering the price I was satisfied.