I still had my hiking boots I wore during our back packing honeymoon, still fit well and were in very good condition. But due to my bad ankle I felt I wouldn't ever pack again, (too clunky to wear every day on flat land) so gave them to a young lady who belongs to a women's hiking group. She was thrilled to get such well made boots, they really don't make them like this any more. They were expensive even in 1967.
And I still have my old cowboy riding boots, they go good wlth long denim skirts, and a pair of lace up burgundy 2 inch heels from my late MIL, who died in the mid 1970s and had had them for a long, long time. Red Cross brand, still fit and still in marvelous shape, real good for wearing with pants or slacks.
Still looking for another pair of lace up cowboy boots I wore out in 3 years, till I was embarrassed to be seen in them. But oh..were they comfortable!! Held my long ago broken ankle in and kept it from hurting better than a brace.