I like to relace all my footwear to add style, and the loose lacing it came in made it easy to do so! The tongue is floppy, so it is necessary to hold it in place while zipping the boot up but it is not difficult. All of the material that covers the foot and leg is on the thiner side, so it's not too suffocating.These boots get H-O-T hot. The more snugly you fit the boots, the easier the temperature is to dismiss; but with the unavoidably generous ankle room, you'll be able to tell when the temperatures get high. My biggest frustration is the ankle room, actually: it's probably necessary for such a flexible joint and such a long boot, but it is questionably fashionable at best and unsightly at worst. No amount of tugging at the top will flatten the creases and folds that result from a tighter laced and thus tighter fitting boot. However, the silhouette caused by a tighter fit is excellent - the taper of the calf to ankle, and then ankle to heel and foot is downright picturesque with the sturdy wedge heels. The closeups do not do it justice.Final thought? Buy them. I wore these to the fairgrounds, and not once did they trip me up. These boots are comfortable enough that I only focused on the novelty of them, not the fit - they don't have that uncomfortable break in new shoes feel at all. You just need to get used to those ankles, but they're not painful.
Rating:
[4 of 5 Stars!]