Customer Reviews Gentle Souls by Kenneth Cole Best Chelsea Bootie

These are good. The cloth makes them cute, but the leather is quite durable. I am hard on my shoes, and they definitely lasted me the year. But now I'll need to get them re-soled. I usually go through jodhpurs like these at this rate, so all in all as expected. The back strap is more or less decorative, so don't over rely on that.

Fit felt true to size with room for heavier socks and they are wide enough yet look more narrow than they feel, which is a good thing. Jeans/pants should cover the ankle sock of the boot otherwise it will look odd.

This style runs 1/2 to whole size too large for me. Leather is pebbled and fairly soft and easy to get on and off because of the sock ankle. Always looking for form fitting smaller ankle boots and this is almost there.

I have thin chins so the overall profile was rather "pyramidal" from side view. Would be great for someone with larger diameter shins than me.

These shoes were impossible to put on. I tried everything and my feet simply would not go into those booties.