Do me a favor and come back and report on them. I have been looking for some shoes for a very long time. I am occaisionally tempted to buy the $300 Italian shoes. Sometimes I fantasize about having a pair custom made for me. It's that bad.

Silver, eh? I wonder if they could be "painted" to make them all black. If they're vinyl, they sell paints for vinyl. If they're leather, acrylic will work.