These are the perfect Chelsea boots in my eyes and are near impossible to find since they are discontinued. This has been worn but still in good condition! The strings on the bottom of the shoe are not keeping the structure of the shoe together they are only for decoration purposes so no worries that as they have been worn! Note* as shown in finally picture up close you can see some cracking in material but from a distance hard to tell. Should be without saying but a smoke free home. So come get a great deal while you can!