These shoes smelled through the packaging of string chemicals I'm not sure if they are leather and cured with something but it was an awful foul smell they carried,which is alarming when you think these shoes are suppose to be worn by an infant. First off I want to say that the shoes I received were not the same ones pictured. Second the size of the shoes appeared to be rather large. I ordered for 1 year old which should be a size 3 in U.S. But I think the size of these are closer to a U.S. Size 5 anyway was not impressed the the construction of the shoes and the ill fitting. I wouldn't recommend the purchase of these shoes