My first stop was the Lower East Side store Dolce Vita, which was packed with last-minute shoppers. Two girls next to me were trying on adorable Mary Jane flats ($97). I had to have the blue ones. The ...

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 ...

Mary Jane heels may have been famously called an “urban shoe myth” by Carrie Bradshaw on Sex and the City all those years ago, but there’s no mistaking that the style has become a classic in the ...

Sydney Sweeney and her stylist Molly Dickinson have been crafting some standout looks during her “The Housemaid” press tour.

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 ...