Why aren't these shoes, that have been in the game from say 1, not in the game any more?

Image of Removed Shoes

My crew still wears them but if I go in to the Tailor and change anything about them, the shoes get replaced by the Boots - Leather. Which is far from the same thing.

Why were they removed?
When will we get them back?

Maybe I was the only one who used them so they removed them because of that...

really? I have to go look...

I've checked all my characters that used to have these shoes and they are all gone. So can anyone from Cryptic let us know what is going on? Is it a bug? Have you removed them for some other reason (if so, why)?

So, is it a bug or have you removed them?
Which is it?

If it is a bug, are you working on fixing it?
If you deliberately removed them, then may I ask why?

Not difficult questions to answer.

A month has passed and yet no word that they are aware of this.

At least to could let us know if it was an error or they were removed for a reason.