I initially ordered this boot from another site - loved it! So comfortable, beautifully artful distressing, looked great with jeans and skirts alike... but they were too small by 1/2 size. I'd read they run large, but nope, true to size for me. Ordered again on Amazon, but the boots were so. oh. so. ugly. First off, they were marked on the inside with a "B" in red marker. Second, instead of being gorgeous and distressed, they were solid, dark brown. Third, when I tried the boots on, the dark brown finish started cracking and rubbing off, creating super super ugly and high-contrast lines in the finish. My theory is that someone attempted to use shoe polish on them and then returned them all messed up, because I then ordered yet another pair from yet another website, and they were absolutely perfect. Still, I really had to mention it in case my problem was a variance in the actual Rockport production line... if you get the wonky, ugly zebra distressing, you might want to try another pair, because this boot really does feel like sneakers (I stand on my feet at work all day with zero pain) and look like an even more expensive Frye boot with the correct distressing. I get so many compliments on them, and no one can believe they are by Rockport!