Janet - yes, exactly right. I don't want 'real' cowboy boots because they're too tall for my short calves and they don't fit well under the jeans I currently wear. So, I want something ankle-height, mostly worn under full length jeans or with cropped jeans. They don't have to be super authentic, but my favorite pairs do have the authentic heavy duty sole.
Hadilly - funny that you say that. I'd wanted Acne Pistol boots for years. And then, just as the cowboy boot idea stuck in my head, I found a pair of Pistols at a consignment store! So now I do own them, and they're wonderful, although not quite the cowboy look I want. So the search continues.
(The even funnier part is that I found two pairs at the consignment store in one week, a size apart. I bought both, kept the one that fit better after wearing each of them to test them, and sold the other pair online for enough to cover the cost of both. Only time I've managed to do that, but the end result is they were free!)
