I put these boots on in the store expecting them to be the old heavy, hard, uncomfortable DR Martens that I remember, but I was so surprised. They were super light (for boots), and VERY comfortable from the first time I put them on. You can't tell from the picture, but there's a buckle in the back to fold the top part down, but I like the look of them up. They come with regular laces or a pair of very long black satin ribbon laces which I highly recommend to give a more feminine look. I'd buy one pair of these in every color if I had the money! The only thing is that they run large in size. I wear a 10 in all other shoes, but I had to get a 9 in these because their size ten were huge on me.