This review is for the 9.5 boots in Warehouse Deals, the right boot's leather is of varying thickness & in parts is misshapen & will not stay up straight but crumples at the top & ankle area, whereas the left boot is normal, think of it as 1 boot aven been tumbled dry & left in the dryer all crumpled up! These are NOT as described, defective! I do not think they can be straightened out as the ankle leather is so much thinner on the right boot it will always crumpled/puddle around the ankles & because it is so hard to get on (You really have to pull hard!)it will only get weaker as your foot is repeatedly pushed down into the foot bed & re stretched when taken off! I so wanted these to look like the pictures. Also the brown has a very dull, beat up look to it. If you try these go for the black, it looks like the quality of the leather might be a bit better.