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In wealthier neighborhoods, “there were many more well-dressed and highly-dressed coloured people than white; and among this dark gentry the finest French cloths, embroidered waistcoats, patent-leather shoes, resplendent brooches, silk hats, kid gloves, and eau de mille-fleurs, were quite common.”

A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

The artist, face hidden by a long black wig, and naked except for a pair of very high black patent-leather high-heeled boots, dances to music on an iPod that only he can hear.

G. Roger Denson: MoMA and AA Bronson Present "Queer Cinema: Today and Yesterday" G. Roger Denson 2011

Cameras flash as she strides across stage in black patent-leather boots.

Inside the Amway Sales Machine Dennis K. Berman 2012

The Smithsonian article has this great portrait of Franklin Roosevelt at about age 2, dressed -- as children typically were at that time -- in a gender-neutral outfit of frilly white dress, patent-leather shoes, feathery hat and long hair.

Philip N. Cohen: Was FDR Born That Way? Philip N. Cohen 2011

A black gown was heavily embroidered with white knitted worsted, while another was edged around the hem of the short ankle skirt with tiny black silk fringes, through which were visible when the wearer walked the white uppers of black patent-leather boots.

The Little Black Dress | Edwardian Promenade 2010

Tim Little Just say no to patent-leather shoes unless you plan to spring into a Fred Astaire-inspired dance routine.

A Formal Affair 2011

But it's a tacky way to promote your product unless your product involves personal pleasure devices or patent-leather bondage accessories.

Booth Babes? 2009

The artist, face hidden by a long black wig, and naked except for a pair of very high black patent-leather high-heeled boots, dances to music on an iPod that only he can hear.

G. Roger Denson: MoMA and AA Bronson Present "Queer Cinema: Today and Yesterday" G. Roger Denson 2011

But it's a tacky way to promote your product unless your product involves personal pleasure devices or patent-leather bondage accessories.

Booth Babes? 2009

I used custom white patent-leather square tables to help create a chic and modern VIP club–like setting.

My Fair Wedding David Tutera 2011