Shiny patent leather can liven up your wardrobe this summer. Bright patent leather shoes, handbags and belts look fabulous with all summer fashions from shorts to dresses. Instead of revamping your ...

Patent leather shoes have come a long way from the square front Mary Janes that we wore as kids. The lustrous look is an easy way to dress up bland basics; and in the bootie, platform, and pump ...

School’s in, and it’s not Grease. Author John R. Powers creates a different kind of romance with growing up in the ’50s in his oddly titled Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up? Powers ...

Keeping your shoes looking like new can be a challenge, especially when they're made of a material like patent leather. Polish your patent leather shoes with Windex to restore their shine. Simply ...

There's nothing worse than buying a new pair of shiny patent leather shoes and scuffing them. I mean, the marks kind of kill the whole shiny shoe vibe. Not cute. But no worries, because you just need ...

Patent leather shoes just scream SPRING! So obviously, we're all over them. Style them with a flirty midlength skirt, like above, or pair them with a pair of cropped menswear trousers or boyfriend ...

His show business stories are knockouts. Russ Thacker, starring in the revival of ”Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?” at the Civic Theatre, has spent most of his 40 years in theater, ...

John R. Powers, the author of the made-in-Chicago hit “Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?” and a nostalgist who helped thousands laugh at their complex memories of rigorous parochial ...