Dr. Martens

1460 Nappa Leather Lace Up Boots

Women's

I felt these were true to size in both length and width. My biggest surprise was that they didn't take very long to break in. After reading about the stiffness of the leather, I thought it would take two weeks to a month to break them in but, in fact, it took wearing them just 15 minutes a day without socks to get them up to speed. I wore them a whole day, after the short break-in period, without any problems. They have a look that makes certain jeans look very cool and hip and I'm sure with some kinds of skirts and dresses too. I think the softer they get the more I will pair them with things I haven't yet thought about. Happy about this purchase. For the record, I am almost 70 years old and these still hold their appeal. I wore them a long time ago and have returned to them because they have that feeling of youth and rebelliousness. To hell with age appropriate!

The Black Nappa 1460W is the perfect Doc! The 1460 is too wide and these will be perfect once broken in. This is my second pair of Nappa docs, and they break in much faster than the smooth leather and are more comfy straight out of the box. The seam attaching the tongue pushes on the upper foot until broken in, but it will get looser and they will mold to your foot like all good leather. I'm usually a size 10.5-11 in boots, but the UK 8 is perfect. I also own the 1460 Nappa and the UK 8 in that style is longer and wider than these. I feel these are much more "shaped" for a woman's foot than the 1460. Definitely size down if you're between sizes, and they will stretch and mold to fit your foot with a little wear. I think someone with a wide foot should opt for the original 1460 because these are average width. My feet were swimming in the 1460, and they gave me more of a clown feet vibe. These are very attractive, slimmer cut for a female or narrow male foot, and the leather is sumptuous. If you're a female with an average width foot and can't decide which docs to buy, go with these! They look great with shorts, jeans, leggings and dresses, these boots are pure biker/rocker chick and bad to the bone. :)

So I am 51 and never had a pair of Doc Martens before this. I bought a bunch of long dresses for winter and wanted some boots to wear with them. To address some of the negative reviews, the leather does not feel fake or look plastic-y to me. I bought the black cherry color, and they are BEAUTIFUL. I bought a size 9 women (41 euro), while I normally wear 8 1/2 in most shoes. These are definitely too long and kind of wide on me. My foot is exactly 10 inches long. However, these don’t run in half sizes so I decided to keep them instead of returning them and exchanging for the smaller size, which may or not fit me. I read a whole bunch of these reviews, and they were all over the place as far as which size to order, so I took a gamble and bought a larger size. I ended up being glad I did size up because I can tie the laces to make them feel truer to size. When I lace them up all the way tight, my heel doesn’t lift and it doesn’t really bother me that there is extra room in the toe. I would rather that than have the toe rub on the front of the shoe, as some reviewers have noted. These are comfortable and the sole has a nice give and kind of bouncy feel to the rubber. Mine were made in Thailand; it’s interesting to note some people have said theirs were made in Vietnam or China. I kept them rather than return them and risk getting a leather I didn’t like or something rubbing me the wrong way. I don’t have any pain where the tongue meets the shoe as some have noted. I wear fairly thick socks with these. You almost have to wear a sock that extends above the boot so you don’t have rubbing on the back of your calf from the boot. Overall, I am a satisfied customer and plan to wear these for many years.

Beautiful Purple color boot and took awhile breaking them in. I bought for my teenage daughter and this is the color she desperately wanted. About a month or so after she broke them in (which took some bandaids to ease the blisters), the purple leather started wearing off in patches. It's worn off down to the first layer. I wanted to return them but since it took her a couple of months to break them in, she didn't want to go through that again with another pair. Very disappointed to see more and more spots wearing away on these boots. I've owned a lot of Docs, and this has never happened! This is a pair made in Thailand, so I don't know if that has anything to do with it or not.

I was hesitant to buy another pair of Docs, having had several pairs in college, all of which hurt like crazy during the month-long break-in period. But, after I wore through the sole of my Skechers boots this summer, I needed something, so I decided to take a chance on these. I haven't regretted it. There's been basically no break-in period with these boots. I wore them for a couple of hours each day the first two days I had them, and my feet were comfortable each time (I also threw some heel cushions in, but I do this with most of my boots). So I decided to try them for a full work day, and they were great -- I found them very comfortable to walk in. I've had them now for nearly a month, and wearing them nearly every day I've had no problem with blisters or other pain. I will say that there's only minimal cushioning in the foot-bed, so I'm looking around for a good pair of insoles for these to make them a bit more comfortable on long days. But overall I'm really happy with these boots.