Love this boot! It's extremely comfortable on the foot, and the shaft width on my pair is 14.5", as advertised. It looks well with skirts and zips up comfortably over my average-size calves even with jeans. (I also tried
La Canadienne Darbie, which supposedly has a 16" side shaft, but my pair had a 13.5" shaft and was much too tight over jeans. I sent it back). The boot is very pretty (I got the black suede), and the heal is just the right height and shape. I am not planning on wearing these "waterproof" boots in puddles, though. Unlike waterproof boots by
Ecco and
ara, the zipper on this boot does not have a protective waterproof shield, and I know from experience that the water will come right in.