Nice basic Frye leather SHOE with a thin, buttery, pliable leather SOCK sewn on.  This is not a typical stiff leather boot upper at all... Rather, it's a great, comfy, quality leather shoe, with a very soft, stretchy, unlined, raw leather sock upper, sewn onto the shoe.  Again- The upper is thin, soft, UNLINED, pliable/stretchy leather, with absolutely NO structure of it's own.

It doesn't stand as shown in the picture at all.  Rather, the upper leather sock just slumps over at the ankle, right out of the box.  Fit:  My regular size fits perfectly- It's a very snug (difficult) to get my foot down into the boot- especially at the top of the foot / instep area, it's very tight & feels like the leather might easily tear when inserting my foot- And other reviewers have commented that it HAS torn.  To put this boot on, I must v-e-e-e-ry carefully, gently, hold the "sock" leather upper with both hands distributing the "pull force" all accross/around the leather sock upper, and little by little, inch my foot down into the boot (the leather really stretches & feels like it's about to tear).

Once on, it's fabulous- The leather sock upper must be pulled up over my calf (like any stretchy sock), or scrunched down (again, like a cotton stretch sock).  I got mine on major clearance, & it looks/wears great w/ shorts, skirts (I would never have pd. full retail).  Enjoy it for what it is- A warm weather, mid-heel dress shoe w/ a soft leather sock attached, yeilding the look of a classic, sexy, calve-hugging boot.