Keds Women's Champion Core Canvas Sneaker

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I’ve purchased this same pair from the same seller here on Amazon before and this last pair.. fits completely different than my first! The ones I have now are loose and rub against my pinky toe when I walk even though I bought the same size. I loved the fit and look of the first pair on my feet but one of the metal pieces by the laces came loose so I gladly bought another pair. To my surprise, I was really disappointed with my second purchase.

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UPDATE 12-20-2014: The new 2014 model and 2015 are almost identical to the 2013 model but may be stiffer soled. I finally wore holes in my old black ones and had to replace with the 2014 or 2015 version. I still think its wider than before and stiffer than the 2008 models for example. Also I want to comment on discussion regarding arch support and people with flat feet wearing keds. I think that really isnt an issue. Flat feet is not a problem but a natural variation of the human foot in some people. It also occurs in some people because they wore stiff soled shoes all their lives. The arch of a foot supports itself with the muscles and tendons and no amount of artificial padding in the shoe will "create" an arch. Foot muscle exercises can rebuild the lost strength in the foot muscles but stretched tendons are permanent. These shoes are ok for strengthening the foot because they are fairly flexible. The best shoes to help regain strength of the foot muscles are minimalist shoes (think barefoot style). I would suggest the Merrell Barefoot line of shoes. The Enlighten, Whisper, Whirl or Avesso are some of the casual non athletic looking styles they sell. A great all purpose athletic style, maybe to rival the Keds Champion, is the Merrell Vapor Glove and Vapor Glove II. Go slow and use caution so that you dont over use week muscles and you may just find you were misinformed about arch support and foot pain. ORIGINAL REVIEW: Did not get the ones pictured on this website(as of August 2013)! The new model is much different. First off I should say that the Keds Chamption model that was out prior to this version was a 5 star product. Huge changes have taken that down to one star in my opinion. The Keds Champion sports a new design for 2013 that adds billboards for their company name on the shoe. The whole point of the Keds Champion is to be somewhat understated. A simple shoe that accents an outfit not dominates it. The Keds Champion has been a go to for the originative fashion consumers of Internet fashion blogs. Its simplicity can help cement creative and custom fashions as well as those trendy and classic fashions into a harmonious look. The new Keds Champion now demands eye attention ruining the simple understated point it once had. The shoe retains its side Keds embroidered fabric logo from the previous model. This with a simple blue rubber heel rectangle should be enough to show others looking closely that you in fact are wearing Keds. Not in the opinion of the Keds company though. The first billboard is the addition of white lettering to an enlarged blue label on the heel of the shoe. By increasing the blue label size and adding these large white letters I assume they are tiring to generate fervor for their product by recognition. The second billboard is the addition of a blue and white Keds fabric label on the tongue of the shoe. An absolutely unnecessary addition that only serves to draw the eye toward the large blue letters. Should you for some reason take your shoe off and if there is by some chance any doubt what brand shoe you are wearing, the humongous Keds logo inside the foot bed of the shoe will let anyone know that you wear Keds. Lets say you didnt take your shoe off and are sitting there but there is still a question in the mind of someone near you if you in fact have Keds on. Well stretch your legs out or otherwise let the person see the bottom sole of the shoe and yes, you guessed it, another blue Keds logo resides on the underside of the shoe. If you can get past all that then there is only the problem of fit. The new version seems a bit roomy to me. Both longer and wider but only wider in the heel. The fit plus the horrendous look led me to return the shoe.

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These fit to size, and I love how easy they are to clean-I simply throw them in the wash on a light cycle with my other whites and lay them out in the sun to dry. I wear them everywhere and they go with everything-shorts, jeans and dresses! The only thing I should warn about is that Ive had to replace a couple of pairs over the last five years because they get holes above where the big toe is supposed to be. I wear them constantly so I dont think this is a quality problem, but it has happened with both my previous pairs. I can always feel the hole forming, so for my most recent pair I went in with two layers of duct tape and stopped the problem before it started. It has worked like a charm so far!

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Always wore keds, these new ones got cheaped out, the canvas is flimsy used to be thicker and stiffer, the sole is flatter, the fit has less arch support and is wider and looser probably because of the flimsier canvas, your feet rides up when you take a step. Looks cheaped out, darn they ruined a classic.

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Just as I remember growing up. They are perfect to go shopping in while wearing shorts and don’t want to be either dressed up or look like you have been out for a run

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