Well, I have 2 pairs of pleasers.
1. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00125TOHM/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
2. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0028TUS9E/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
In street shoes I’m a 9 or 9.5, but I got a 10 in the Pleasers because I heard the run small… and they do. a 10 fits but my toes are right to the edge, but I feel like an 11 would just be too big.
As far as the shoes without the ankle straps (#2) sometimes I want to try certain moves or spins with and without heels back and forth… and not have to stop and sit down to take them on and off.
After reading amazon reviews people said the plastic across the foot was pretty tight, and there were even tips about warming it up with a hair dryer to get the plastic to expand.
I did NOT find it to be tight, actually they are a little loose, and I don’t have a particularly narrow foot. They aren’t falling off or anything, but I have those ball of the foot cushions for heels I may put in them if I want them to be tighter to invert or something.
I would not want to size down or my foot would be over the edge… But I would avoid these if you have a really narrow foot 🙂