I have sometimes struggled with finding boots that fit in the calf. Not all the time, but it's happened more than once. So I thought these would probably be perfect. They are huge with quite a gap all the way around my leg. Had I known they would be this big I would not have gotten them, but if I wear jeans with them the gap won't be quite as bad. I worry if I tried to wear these without jeans, they would eventually slide down my leg as they got broken in and bunch up at the ankle.