i bought these because i loved the look of them, with the fur at the top and how they laced up. they're a gorgeous boot for sure! i wouldn't say that my feet are fat, but they aren't skinny either and these boots were very tight on my feet. i wouldn't have been able to wear a thick pair of winter socks with these. but if i had gotten a size bigger, they would be too big, length-wise, for my feet. the size runs right, but the width runs very small. my calves are about 16" around and these boots will not fit over them. since i can't pull them all the way up, the boots scrunch by my heel and rub on the inside, making it painful to walk and creating blisters. these boots are NOT for people with calves ANY larger than 15" around. these stores should also tell us how tall the boots are so we know how far up our calf they will go. and they should most certainly tell us the circumfrence of the opening of all the boots. i'm returning these and wont buy another pair without a better description.