Questions about this piece
What shoes go with bootcut jeans?
Something with a bit of height, or at least a sturdy sole. A bootcut leg opens below the knee to clear a boot shaft, so the hem hangs long, and over a flat sandal it drags. A heeled boot or a clog lifts it and lets the leg fall straight from the knee down. Sneakers work if the sole is chunky enough to do the same job. These are cut as a classic bootcut, so the hem wants to sit over the top of a shoe rather than above it.
Do jeans with stretch in them lose their shape?
A small amount of elastane is in there to snap back, not to give. One percent is enough to let you sit down without the waistband digging in, and it recovers between wearings, so the softness you feel at the knee by evening is mostly the cotton relaxing rather than the stretch wearing out. A cool wash resets it. Blends with a lot of elastane are the ones that go slack for good. These run 99% cotton to 1% elastane, which puts them far closer to rigid denim than to a jegging.
Is the rise on these high or mid?
High, meaning the waistband sits at your natural waist instead of on your hips. That is what lets a cropped top or a tucked tee meet it with no band of skin in between. It also sets up the leg, because a high waist above a bootcut hem reads as one long line from the waist down, which is the whole point of this shape. Through the hip and thigh it is a regular fit rather than a skinny, so nothing is holding you in. Waist sizes 24 to 28.