The boots arrived and they were beautiful however, when i tried them on, my worst fear arrived. My calves were to big for the boots, and i thought i had to send them back but then i remembered that i had a similar par stretched due to the same problem. So to make a long story short i had the boots stretched to fit my large calves and when my shoe maker was all the done the boots fit perfectly and i get lots and lots complements on the boots. i would definitley recommend the boots to any fashionista out there. Ooh by the way the boots are normal size for anyone with a normal size calves however if your like me and your legs are rather big, you can still purchase these boots and have them stretched. just make sure you take them to a shoe maker who knows what they are doing. I recommend John's shoe repair on Pico if you live in LA.