I finally found my 2024 gladiators for the year. I was very skeptical of the price, especially since they are coming from Greece, I just didnt want them to feel cheap or fall apart so easily.When I first got them, I went to a festival and a concert in one day. I decided to wear these to really test out the durability. I will mention, these gladiators are TRULY LEATHER! Mine got wet a couple times and now they have water stains, but thats ok I can fix those. They were very comfortable to wear for the first half of the day, but the last half of the day it was pretty rough where I couldnt even wear them on the ride home from the festival, but I expected to be as such because gladiators are not something you wanna walk in all day anyway. The fact that they held up for being comfortable of walking all day (and pretty much all night) as long as they did was impressive in itself.They are definitely a looker! I got nothing but compliments all day on them from strangers.The strings that tie up the back are durable AF. They DO NOT slip down your legs at all! Throughout the festival day I never had to stop and pull them up.Overall, I would recommend these gladiators to anyone thats into them like I am.