These shoes are great! Well constructed, a teency bit lighter and bluer than pictured, but a pleasant surprise - it makes them all the more versatile as they look just as springy as they do gray. I have wide feet and was pleasantly surprised that there was no breaking in necessary on the width front - I think the leather lends itself to being very malleable to fit anyone's feet. For me the shoe is very slimming. The height of the boot did aggravate the back of my ankle, so for the first couple of days I wore bandaids, but even without them it was a slight chafing, nothing blister-worthy or anything. After 2 days they feel almost 100% broken in. I'm normally a 10 - 10.5 wide and I found the 10.5 was just long enough, so if you have longer toes maybe size up. Well worth the dough though - these are awesome, comfortable, and I've received many compliments already!