Customer Reviews The North Face Shellista II Mid

I REALLY wanted to love these, they're stylish and look functional. Unfortunately, as many other reviewers online had warned they have the defect of coming apart between the plastic and leather material. I had just taken them out of the box and tested them around the house when I noticed it was already happening! Too bad the North Face brand isn't living up to quality standards :/

I like them because they are cute. But for the cold They didn’t live up to there standards of being warm my toes felt like ice cubes.

Stiff and tight. Didnt feel comfortable, esp for every day. Returned them.

I want to make it clear that I bought an older version of this shoe back in 2014 (the original shellista). But here's my two cents: It is a very warm shoe, using very high quality materials to keep feet warm and dry, and the style is not too feminine but still very good looking. Unfortunately, I have used this shoe every winter since then but I've never been able to break them in. Unless they have changed the actual construction of the shoe, my heel gets rubbed raw and even bloody-- through thick and thin socks equally. I have tried everything to get this shoe to be comfortable and it is seemingly impossible. At the time of purchase I exchanged and tried for different sizes, but they all seemed to have this same issue. But, I was desperate for an actually warm shoe (living in a place that is well into sub-zero temperatures most of the winter). This shoe (at the time) promised it could be warm in this ungodly temperatures and thats why I hoped I would just be able to break it in over time. Every winter I suffer with these shoes. I suggest really testing out another style or brand-- don't make the same mistake I did on this dud. I hope in the coming years to either finally break in these horrible things, or find a new, better brand of boot. N.F. has forever disappointed me-- not a bang for my buck at all.

Worst boots I've ever bought. One month into using them they started making a terrible squeaky noise. Very disappointed.

I don't know why these boots have such great reviews, maybe cause they are cute. That's all they have going for them. I had so much trouble getting these boots on and off. Once I got them on they did feel true to their size in length but they felt so tight and narrow. I have a medium width foot but these boots felt like a narrow width. I tried these on with normal socks and they barely fit the width so I know I could not have fit warmer socks in these boots and ordering a bigger size would not have helped since they only come in one width. My feet did not feel warmer in these boots and I was only inside my house trying them on. I could not imagine wearing these in the snow, my feet would definitely freeze. I had such a difficult time getting these boots off even with the laces completely loosened. I felt like I was going to injure my shoulder cause I had to pull so hard. They are cute boots though.