text: These shoes fit well right up until the time I gassed a room with the odor of gasoline.  The adhesive used in these shoes is amazingly powerful and belies the cheap construction and careless manufacture.  I still like the way the shoe fits and looks but the obvious thoughtlessness to the use of the petroleum-based glue has led me to dispose of them.  After reviewing comments from others who purchased these shoes on Amazon.com I wonder why they are still offered.    In one specific circumstance, I was taking my weekly guitar lesson and my instructor had to leave the studio to clear his head and I finished the lesson bare foot.  That was the last time I wore these shoes/