@lyli I really love it very much as well
The Boots are not my absolute favorite but fit the cosplay and are not terrible to walk in like the cheaper boots you could get. I might need some black paint though to hide some scrateches in them ( I tend to scratch my boots on the inside of such shoes since I walk a little weird I guess?)
I am just not the biggest fan of such style of boots thats so rigid. They have a PU shell and a lining inside so they are rather stiff. There is a reason I like my CAMEL-300 Overknees so much more than these. They use a lovely soft-PU on them since you kinda need that for overknees. Looking forward getting those cuties out again for Dokomi this year (and sweat ass off in them)
I needed to redo those snap buttons the fabric was to weak to hold them in and I had one fall out during dokomi last year. So I remade and they were solid on another con last year no problem. But yeah the tool really helped make them last.
The fake leather was actually fine all in all. It was of the rather cheap, thin, fabric-backed variety.
There is also this post with way more info on this cosplay specifically:
https://write.lightnovel-dungeon.de/a-long-way-to-my-first-proper-self-made-cosplay A longer read for sure. But maybe interesting to you?