patent leather

• “For instance, one woman may choose to wear her classic navy blue blazer traditionally, paired with her best tan trousers, a silky white blouse, black patent leather pumps, and a strand of milky pearls, whereas another woman will create a look that thumbs its nose at convention while using the instant-recognition factor of the jacket in a slightly coded manner.”

  Simon & Schuster: The Style Checklist

• “I unzip the sports bag and identify my possessions: one dinner jacket, dark red with matching trousers, one dress shirt, white, one cummerbund, silk, and the whole lot rolled into a tight ball round my patent leather shoes.”

  the mission song

• “Obedient to my sense of duty, I handed her the last vestiges of my former glory: my dinner jacket trousers not yet run in, my Turnbull & Asser bow tie to match, my pleated dress shirt of best sea-island cotton, my onyx dress studs and cufflinks, silk socks, patent leather shoes.”

  the mission song

• “Hunt for unique and classic details such as candy-colored patent leather from the seventies, status-label prints and patterns from the eighties think Gucci, or even a fun 1950s woven straw bag.”

  Simon & Schuster: The Style Checklist

• “Nilly complained, tap-dancing in his new patent leather shoes so they clicked on the marble floor.”

  Simon & Schuster: Bubble in the Bathtub

• “Its color is black, or dark blue, as are also the revers, the collar and the cuffs; with it are worn black, tight fitting knee breeches, black silk stockings, and low patent leather shoes with gold buckles.”

  The Secret Memoirs of the Courts of Europe

• “Not total darkness yet, the massed trectops, some of their leaves showing wet like patent leather with the light from the moon that shone like a bright dollar in the sky.”

  the dirty duck

• “Suddenly, Archie Marlin caught up with us in his imitation patent leather shoes and his shiny gray suit, with his glossy red hair parted in the middle.”

  Simon & Schuster: Melody

• “Cinch the self-belt if it still remains affixed, or add your own contrasting belt in patent leather or a fun faux snakeskin.”

  Simon & Schuster: The Style Checklist

• “Ever see patent leather shoes, Eena? asked Banty, with some disgust.”

  The Shagganappi

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