Ok I admit after reading some of the reviews stating these were fake converse I was worried! However, these are not. They are the real deal. I did tons of reaserch online and comparing ones Ive bought previously. Ive been buying and wearing converse for years for myself and my kids. I compared these pink ones I bought for my daughter with pink ones that I had bought a couple years before from Nordstrom and they are identical. The emblem is always on the inside, yes it does seem odd but that is just the way it is.  Also people need to take into consideration the shoe may look differently once you go up into the child size from the toddler size, hence the two shoe lace looking holes on the sides. As always converse do run a bit big, but people generally know that when they buy converse. I will say there was a big jump from my daughters low top size 7 toddler to the high top toddler size 8. Shell grow into them so Im keeping them. You really cant go wrong with converse they look super cute with all outfits, they clean well (washer or magic eraser works super well) and they last forever.