Love my new boots. I just became a country western gal as of recently. I got the style idea from Hilarie from HGTV design star. She is from Dallas Texas and she makes it look soo good. I am from NJ but I don't mind bringing the western style eastern! The boots felt a little tight on the sides around the foot area. I actually thought it would be too big like the other reviwers mentioned, but it was not that way in my case, I should have went a size up and bought a 9 instead of a 8 1/2. Its ok it would probably strech because, the foot area is made of leather, and if it doesn't, I have a boot streacher that I purchased from Amazon that will help do the trick. overall Nice boot for a great discount price for less then $80!!