Unlucky with Prada shoes

I’ve bought three pairs of Prada shoes during my life. First ones I bought from San Francisco six years ago, black leather sneakers. They were just made for me, felt like gloves (for the feet, of course) — but their soles had some issues and they wore off very quickly on tarmac. I have used them less than dozen times outside and then they have served me well as my working shoes.

The next pair was bought in Rome, about five years ago. They were black leather winter boots. For some odd reason, I ended up buying two numbers smaller size than I usually wear. Of course, forgot to the check the size of my previous Prada shoes. The local cobbler stretched them twice, but they were still too small. They looked so excellent, oh man, were I disappoint not to be able to wear them. I visited Prada shop in New York on 2004 just to find out that the right size would not fit, as the shape of the shoe and my foot didn’t match properly — they were too narrow nearby toes or something.

The currently last pair has been bought recently from Milan; this time brown leather sneakers. Again, I didn’t check the size of the first pair (that fits really nicely), so I ended up buying one size bigger. That doesn’t really matter, they fit well still.

However, after wearing them a dozen or so times, the leather is already broken at the tip of the shoe. What the hell is this? I pay more than 250 euros for a pair of shoes, and they don’t last? Not to speak of that I paid over $400 for the previous sneakers that didn’t last either. I’m somehow dumbfounded, as usually bigger price means better quality.

There wouldn’t be any problem, if a) Prada would make ugly shoes or b) they would not fit. Unfortunately, their shoes are just tailored for my feet.