Customer Reviews

Dr. Martens Women's Melinda Mary Jane,Black,5 F (M) UK / 7 B (M) US WOMEN

5 star:		(1)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

These shoes are great! I have really wide feet that do not like being bound up in shoes during the winter. I also had a disk break in my back a few years ago, so I can not wear shoes with no suport. These have been great in comfort, suport and just making my feet happy.

I've come back to edit my review. In the Amanda, I was wearing a UK5, and they fit great. In fact I've been wearing UK5 in Docs all my adult life, so when the Melinda was too sloppy on my foot in that size I was surprised but bought the 4. After a few days of wearing the 4 (just a short while each day) I noticed a crippling pain in my right big toe. I did some analysis and found out that the problem (the diff between the Amanda and the Melinda) is that the Amanda's straps come back further up the instep - making the hole for my foot much smaller, and therefore a size UK5 works, because my foot is not able to slip out of the opening. With the Melinda, the strap is much further towards the front of the shoe, which means that in a UK5, there is a very large opening for the foot, and my foot was coming out of the shoe. The UK4 is just too small.

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Last year I bought the two-strap Mary Jane from this collection (the Amanda, maybe? They all had -da names, like Randa, Chanda, Melinda, Amanda, Miranda, whatever) and I loved them a lot so when I saw the single-strap version I bought them. They are even cuter than the other one, because they have a little more wingtip detailing on them. I like the 'club' sole on these much better than the flatter, standard DM sole. Gives me a bit of height and allows for better defense when attacked by zombies :-)

After a few days of wear I do have one little issue, though. Enough to take off one of my original 5 stars. These shoes are leather, but they are lined with some kind of fabric. Ordinarily I count on my Docs to stretch a little (the UK4 is what I buy, because the UK5 swims on me). With a fabric lining, I don't think these are going to stretch much. They rub around the vamp opening, and I am flexing them all the time to introduce a little stretch there, but am not hopeful about that.

I tried to wear these for one week. I tried to give them a chance however, I have regretfully found that these are The Cruel Shoes. I'm forced to wear a black, slip resistant shoe and these were reccomended highly. My back is in pain and my feet are a wreck from wearing them. I've been off work for 2 hours and my feet are still throbbing.

As of now it has been 3 days (4 if you include Saturday) and I still have not received any confirmation from the company on receiving my order. I will be giving them a call.

After emailing the company through Amazon I received an immediate reply on the shipment of my order. They were very polite.