I purchased these during the sample sale in November 2023. They were marked down to $175 due to the leather not being up to their quality. The leather is slightly different colored and came with blemish marks. I wore them a couple times, however it is wet and muddy where I live and the mud stained the bottom as pictured. There is also a mud mark on one shoe. The other shoe has a streak that looks like mud, but it is a blemish the shoe came with.