These are my favorite boots and let me tell you-- I have a LOT of cowboy boots. They are indeed ladies boots. This is a high quality boot and at this price, they are a total steal. Every single time I wear these, which is ALL THE TIME,  I get compliments. This is a classic black boot but it is an eye catching style. At first I thought the heel was going to be a little high for comfort. Not so. I wear these all day and night with no problem due to the "ultimate flex insole" which is pretty fantastic. I got these in the 9.5 which is my standard size for western boots across all brands (for all other shoe/boot types, I wear a 10). They were a little tight across my calves when I first got them which was not surprising because I have wide calves and these boots are a full 13" high, but I manually worked the leather a bit and now they are perfect. Buy these boots! I am so glad I did.