I don't know what's up with these cheap shoes but these are the second pair of white shoes I've bought from Revain (from different sellers) and they are absolutely awful smell . It's a type of chemical that they use during production, but it's incredibly powerful and overwhelming. This gives me an immediate headache. They were for a costume and after wearing them for a few minutes my wife demanded that I take them off and put them outside or in the garage. Seriously, unless you have a sense of smell and don't care about humans. Around you, don't waste your money on these shoes.