I fell in love with the boots as soon as I saw them and pre-ordered them as soon as I could. When they arrived, I admit that I was a little disappointed at some of the construction of the shoes - the interior eyelet grommets are off center on most of the eyelets, which makes lacing them more difficult than they should be, but as it was the inside, I decided to keep them.
The other thing I noticed is how much narrower the shoe base is compared to the other American Duchess shoes I have - the size five (so glad that my size is actually stocked, it is so hard to find my size in modern shoes!) is about a quarter inch narrower, so caution for those that are trying to decide between normal and wide width. The shown example is my everyday shoe of Kedwardian Oxfords.
I have worn the Edith boots for about 8 hours, and the narrower width was tight at first, after a while the leather does stretch to fit your foot more.