Backstory, I've owned a number of Chrome shoes, mostly the mid height style. I've loved their fit and aesthetic more than my Vans from prior to finding Chrome... but these Bromley Mid are making me question some style and fit decisions.

First let's talk about that tongue and those extra loops... are they pure aesthetic, or supposed to be retaining lace orientation better... what gives? They don't really do it for me and I don't really see the purpose other than to stand out... maybe just me.

The tongue "structure" is just... weird. It doesn't lay flat against the top of my foot, and gives me this weird floating sensation when I'm walking. Not floating like zero-G float, but just that my foot lifts and falls within the shoe like it's not adequately cinched down to my foot (by-product of those external loops on the tongue?) It's too... stiff... the whole shoe is stiff and just doesn't feel as instantly comfortable as any prior Chrome shoe I've owned and worn down through the tread.

It's almost as if the shoe was designed and constructed to retain that "new" shoe profile after wearing it? Like stiff on the sides, tongue, and hard to lace.

I purchased the same size as all previous Chrome shoes and it fits slightly too large.