I bought it as a shoe for school but I won't make the same mistake again. School = sports. The first time he wore them on a walk in the city, they seemed to hold a lot of dirt. The second time he spent half an hour in a playground with dirt, they looked as if he had been wearing them for a month... Overall, after not even two weeks of use, and only in kindergarten, they appear very worn and their white color gets dirty very easily.