I was so excited to receive these...I've been looking for leather boots for years now with no success. I researched A LOT and found these and they were exactly what i wanted in a boot. I found specs on other websites and decided to give it a try because they looked like they would fit my oddly proportioned calves and feet....nope. Unfortunately I couldn't zip them up at all. Not even close. I have calves that belong on a 7' man, not a 5'2" woman with a 5.5 shoes size. Hard to measure, but I think my calves are about 17", maybe a little smaller. The specs for these shoes said they would be 16" and then I should I could take them somewhere and stretch the leather, but they weren't even close enough for that. They were at least 2.5" too small. Oh well. But if you don't have monster calves like mine, I would definitely recommend these boots! They are well made, great material, waterproof leather, and super cute!