I was hoping to love these boots despite the other reviews. They do have a distressed look, but it states that in the description and I actually like it. What I don't like is the shape of the calf. It is huge and looks identical to a rain boot. I was looking for a boot w a rounder toe opposed to a pointy, which this boot has. However, between the round toe and large floppy calf, it truly looked like a rain boot. I returned mine and found a similar pair w a smaller/fitted calf at Urban Outfitters by BDG.