These boots are everything I expected, they are beautiful. This is my first pair of Macie Bean boots and I was surprised the sizing is really off. I am an 8 1/2 and ordered an 8 1/2, but they were too big. I went down to an 8 and they are still too big. I could have easily gone with a 7 1/2, but I am in Canada and didn't want to pay for shipping/return again. Service for returns is always excellent with NRS.