"Quality of construction is good and somewhat in line with other high end shoe makers ie Allen Edmund (Long Branch) at same cost. Boot is wide in ball of foot area as well big around the ankles...The funky laces pull boot together completely and I have pretty regular size ankles...Just saying. Color is the biggest issue I have however. They are much lighter than what is shown in photos. I'm struggling to find an excuse to wear them as they are, well , really off-white in color not grey. That's a personnel choice I suppose. Kept them only because when I wore them the first time we had a family emergency and I ended up damaging the soul on one of them. I don't feel comfortable sticking DSW with the return. Like I said,,,they are very light in color. Good luck!"