Yes, I wear them outside, I wore them this winter for our dance demos too, just wore an extra pair of socks! I also wore them in the summer when we played battledore and shuttlecock in wet muddy grass, they're holding up really well actually. I have been thinking of getting extra soles for them, either the stick on ones or I'll take them to a cobbler. And since I got white, the first pair are a bit stained now, so I'm going to look into dying them, (I got 3 pairs they were so cheap on ebay!!!)