....were too tight on the top of my foot w/ my custom orthotics. Since I started wearing custom orthotics years ago, I have had tremendously difficulty finding a pair of clogs/mules (which are my preferred/favorite type of footwear) that can accompany them physically and comfortably. These beautiful and very very well-made high quality butter-soft leather clogs fit perfectly without my custom orthotics, but once I placed them in the clogs, they 'raised up'/'thickened' my 'feet' so the tops of my feet were jammed against them, leaving marks on the tops of each foot (which went away soon after I took them off) but also made walking very uncomfortable. If the shoes were 'deeper', they would have fit perfectly w/ the orthotics but unfortunately, did not and squeezed them too much. My orthotics also caused the shoes to squeak very loudly when I walked, but I'm guessing that's because of the material of the orthotics being tightly-pressed against the leather of the shoe whenever I walked. Overall, these clogs are absolutely gorgeous and are of a quality I have not seen since the 90's in supposed 'quality clogs'. Stegmann has crafted a beautiful shoe and I hope one day perhaps they'll be able to craft a clog for folks like myself who wear custom orthotics. :)
