Jefro, with your thoughts in mind on wearing the boots that will allow comfort and safety, what looks right and can be had at reasonable cost. As a poor boy and diabetic, I need to balance comfort, safety, cost and yes, I want something that looks close to right also. This morning I asked about military leggins on the SASS Wild Bunch Forum and figure these would go a long ways to help hide deficiency's in boot tops. Would those military style leggings wear low enough to hide the fact that someone were wearing lace up shoes, rather than actual boots? To do this they would need to wear below the ankle at the bottom, folding over the top of the shoe.