Tall woman here - I bought leather Vasque sundowners when I was 17. Wore them backpacking, got them wet, for daily wear, all over.

At 19, the top of one split, and I sent it back for a repair. They sent me an entirely new pair as it shouldn’t have done that. I wore those for so long, I had to have them resoled. I never formally retired them - at 29 an airline lost my suitcase, which meant that I never saw them again.