patent leather

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Everybody should have some patent leather in their closet.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2024

One of her earliest childhood memories is fixating on a pair of pair of shiny patent leather shoes, when she was about five years old, and getting her father to buy them for her.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2024

In contrast, the menswear collection featured sharp tailoring and shorts, complimented by patent leather shoes in black, green and brown with prominent silver buckles and belts.

From Reuters • Sep. 18, 2023

The new vibe was less elegance and more nightclub — house music, zebra prints and red patent leather — that you might be admitted to if you were cool enough.

From Washington Post • Apr. 22, 2023

But these newest ones are patent leather, and I have always wanted patent leather shoes.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez