patent leather
Example Sentences
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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
George remembers attending events there as a child in patent leather shoes and gloves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 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
I slept on the floor of Grand Central Terminal for the first three nights, watching everyone’s feet walk past, men in loafers, women in patent leather heels.
From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez
