a retired design that was my absolute favorite I tend to live in knee high boots this season & these are not in as heavy rotation these days as I like to have my items be to earn their keepextremely comfortable -- for me these are my most comfortable a.s.98s to datefair amount of wear but in great conditiondistressing is original and done in-house by a.s.98the EU size on these is 37I wear US7 and these are a perfect fit for me