These are beautifully made, like all La Canadienne boots.  I am an 8-8.5, med-wide.  I got the 8 wide and they were very wide on me, and certainly long enough.  I had to return for size alone.  They have a lot of support under the foot, if that works for you.  For me, it was hard to tell because they were so large, but probably too much support for my foot.  In terms of appearance, I thought these might be funky/retro looking, and a way to get away with wearing flat boots with suits, skirts, work clothes.  I thought that because they were slim in the leg, I might get away with a lower boot that didn't come to my knee.  They didn't work.  They looked frumpy on me, no funky.  And they didn't look trim on my calf either.  There was quite a bit of room between ankle and calf (this is a very skinny part of my body, so maybe it would be ok on someone else?)  Maybe in red, you could achieve the funky look that I was hoping for?  BYW, I got in the black pat.