The heel is a perfect height for walking in and the pattern i bought the tropical floral is darling and goes with a lot of things but i wore them on a short walk and ended up with such painful blisters on both heels that i had to take them off during dinner at a fancy restaurant and then was afraid to put them on again so i walked barefoot out of this restaurant thank goodness most people were eating on the patio so i didnt have to walk past tables of diners