These boots are what I refer to as "SAH" or sexy as hell. lolThe look is great, especially with skinny jeans. I have both a brown and black pair and love thatthe elastic on the brown is black-adds to the chic factor. One BIG caveat, however, is issues with quality control.I have had to order multiple pairs in order to find satisfactory ones. Some were much wider than others and feltsloppy on my narrow/medium width feet and some just did not match well visually. If you get lucky, you willhave a lovely pair of comfortable, sexy chelsea boots.I do not agree that they run small. My feet are at the top end of 7.5 and they are fine in length.7/1/17Just wanted to add that these are a great deal if you can get them on discount.They definitely not worth full price-if you can get them for somewhat under 1/2 price or below, they are worth a go.