I am in LOVE with my new boots! I cannot tell you how happy I was with them the minute I put them on! I didn't want to take them off! The only complaint I have is that I wish the gold zipper/buckles were either a brass gold and not so shiny, or a silver finish, as I actually did purchase these for riding horses and feel a little silly being so "flashy" with the shiny buckles/zipper on a horse farm where you don't need to be making fashion statements, but other than that, I am just thrilled with these! I wear a size 11 shoe and I have wide feet, but NOT wide calves, so finding wide width boots that don't also a wide calf is really hard. These boots fit me perfect! These are slightly larger than a plain old size 11, allowing me to extra room to accommodate my wider feet. I can wear them for hours and not have sore feet! Thank you for my great new boots!

I am not a big heels person - I work a professional job and attend a lot of meetings and do a lot of walking. I typically stick to flats or shorter heels when absolutely necessary. I love the way heels look, but never seem to find them comfortable enough to endure all day. However, I'm attending a wedding in Vegas next month and needed a nude heel that I can walk comfortably in. I ordered these LifeStride Parigi pumps and several other heels at the same time, but these were the CLEAR winner. They are so comfortable!!! I only really intended to wear them for the wedding occasion, but they are so comfortable and stylish that I've worn them several days already. My feet are well supported, the pumps have a flattering shape with enough toe-point to thin the legs but not smash your toes. Note that I ordered both the taupe (nude, non-shiny) and the shiny nude versions and for some reason, the shiny version had somewhat less cushioning in the heel than the non-shiny version. Both were comfortable, but I preferred the non-shiny version.

I have had these boots for a month or so and I really like the look of them, but when I started wearing them I noticed a weird smell from time to time throughout the day. Finally when I got home one day I took them off and smelled the inside of the boot and it was AWFUL! Almost a fish like smell. I knew they had smelled the whole time (since they came out of the package) because I noticed the smell right away, just figured it was something else. I have left them outside for the last few days because they started to smell up my bedroom. I don't think I will be able to wear them again since I can't get rid of the awful smell.