No time to read every comment but --last summer at a store to buy slippers to take to hospital for knee surgery.
Saw a white pair of Merrills --sales clerk said these are nurses shoes but a slipon --I thought it was worth it to buy a
shoe $90. than shoe and slippers. They have been all I have worn since July. Never saw these before but not new brand apparently. Others have commeented that they like them also but yes, they are more than I ususally paid.
Oh, was store in Lindsay, Ontario Canada. good luck !!!!