Customer Reviews Frye Veronica Combat Tall

I tried these boots after striking out with the more expensive Rag & Bone combat boot, which was so narrow and stiff that I couldn't even get my foot inside. The Veronica Tall is a beautiful combat style boot (I ordered the black) with the practical convenience of a side-zipper. I usually wear an 8-8.5, but as I did with a pair of Frye flats I own, ordered up to a 9. At first I was worried these wouldn't work for me as I have an athletic calf, and couldn't zip these up my leg (as they were laced out of the box). But I completely unlaced them and adjusted the tension so that they fit my calf circumference comfortably. To give me more length to work with, I didn't tie a bow at the top, but laced them through the last hole at the top and then knotted each end of the lace behind the hole. These sturdy boots are well-made, a timeless style and seem quite comfortable, so I think they are worth the price/investment. I am looking forward to wearing them sightseeing on a pre-Christmas trip to Prague and Krakow I have coming up next week!

I really wanted to love this boot. I own 4 pairs of Frye boots, and I'm always a size 9. With these boots, I could feel that the length of the footbed was correct, but they felt very tight across the top of the toe box, like the top of toe box needed to be constructed slightly higher off the ground. For this reason when I put them on my socks would stretch and pull and the heel of my sock ended up by my ankle such that I could feel the sock pulling at my toes. I couldn't find a way to fix this with no wiggle room in the toe of the boot. I've never had this problem before and my feet aren't particularly big. As one reviewer mentioned, you could either try to break them in or have them professionally stretched in this area. But for $400 boots I want to have them fit right out of the box like my other Fryes. I even ordered a second pair in the same size to see if I just got a weird pair, but I had the same issue again. Maybe a half size bigger would have worked, but they didn't have a 9.5 in stock. The other issue with fit is the calf width. As another reviewer mentioned, the boots feel very tight when you zip them up. Unlacing all the laces and re-lacing helps a lot, but I have barely enough lace at the end to tie it. Would work better for someone with thin calves (my calves are pretty average, maybe leaning towards slightly athletic). The leather was typical Frye's high quality. Would have loved to be able to keep these!

I’m a pretty solid 8.5/39 eu. Frye boots can be all over the place size wise. I have narrow feet, normal arches. These fit me well, perfect length and great in the heel, but were a little tight across the top of my foot- def no room for a cushier insole. Breaking them it would fix that, they’d stretch naturally, or I could have that area stretched just a little at a shoe repair place. I wouldn’t size up because the heel is so perfect, and there’s nothing I hate more that heel rubbing. If you have a wide foot, high arches, or just like a roomier fit in a boot, you may need to size up. It’s so easy to return with Zappos, though, so don’t let the possibility of a few tries stop you, because these are beautiful, timeless and the caramel color is amazing. I am sending this pair back- there is a little extra tan colored sole on one boot in the toe box area that’s visible to me if I’m looking down at my feet. I wouldn’t call it a defect, a lot of people wouldn’t notice, and it’s only visible from the wearers perspective. it’s the kind of thing that happens when you have real people making shoes instead of machines. The slight asymmetry would be all I notice when I look down, though, so back this pair goes.

They fit perfectly! Wore them for the first time 10 hours straight at a convention! They are so comfortable!

I LOVE THEM!!!!!!!!!!! Zappos had a great sale, and beat prices on all other websites for Frye boots. Fast shipping, and

I love a high lace up and there are few options. Lovely style but the boots are very stiff and the width is quite narrow, even though I sized up a half size. I'm returning them.

Beautiful boot - but calf width was much too wide. Don't recommend if you have thin legs, sadly. Great boot, otherwise!

I really wanted to keep these boots. They were absolutely fantastic, beautifully made yet soft and supple but they also run pretty small. Not talking about the calf as that’s adjustable with the laces/zipper. It’s small in the actual footbed. I wear between a 4.5 and 5 but when people say a shoe runs small, I can get away with a 5.5. With this boot, size 5.5 was still way too small and they are out of 6’s. Hopefully they restock soon.

The length is true to size (I'm a standard 8), with almost 1/2" left in front of the toes, but the toe box is extremely narrow. I have narrower feet, and will wear N or AA at times (always in sandals or they'll fall off), but my big toe was in major pain in these shoes (both R & L) as it got pushed toward the inside and the whole area across the toebox felt extremely tight. Wearing them I felt like I was walking only on my first two toes, because so much pressure was placed on them. Feet get wider and toes actually want to splay out. I wonder when shoe designers will finally realize this natural foot shape. If a shoe is soft, then it will give. But this toe box area was so hard like a rock, I knew it would never give. Otherwise, they are beautifully crafted and look classy. And they are also the only lace up rider boots I've seen. With average to smaller calves, and and narrower feet, I need an adjustable boot like this, so this is really unfortunate. I absolutely love them except for this major design flaw in the toebox area. I live in LA and bought these to move back to the NE, so I don't know other boot brands to compare.

Unfortunately, even though these boots have laces, they still don’t fit around my calves - there are wide gaps at either side of the center strip, with laces crossed over the gaps. My calves are generally too wide for pull on tall boots, but not for lace boots, so this was a real disappointment.

These started cracking about a year after purchase. I have only worn them a handful of times and never gotten them wet. I emailed Frye and they said they do have not a warranty of any kind. I would steer away from this brand entirely.