The shoes I received were not patent leather as they are described in the listing. They are man made patent correctly called patent PU. The shoes were very flimsy and I could tell the taps were not attached to the shoes properly (they were way to tight.) Also the interior of the shoes I received looked nothing like the picture nor do they look like any Danshuz tap shoes on their website. I looked at several Danshuz listings on Amazon too and see no listings with a similar interior. Plus the model number stamped on the inside does not match any model number listed on the Danshuz website nor do they match the model number on the outside of the box. The box says 530 which is which is the correct model number for a childs tap shoe from Danshuz while the interior says 1017. I can go on about other quality issues; the Velcro, the lining but overall I'll just say I think these are a knock off of the name brand in the listing.