I have been buying Frye boots since I was in high school and that was a very long time ago. This company has always made high quality yet stylish boots. I have a daughter that is now a young woman. There was about a six month period of time when she was thirteen years old that we both wore the same size shoe. I was thrilled. I started buying shoes for her that I would enjoy wearing when she outgrew them. She started raiding my closet and became very attached to my favorite pair of boots. She was heartbroken when she grew out of them but I was happy to get my boots back.