I have a hard time finding comfortable shoes, and found nothing locally for our son's wedding.  I can no longer wear heels, so looked for dressy flats.  I found these and ordered, and they were a bit too big, but I put gel insoles in them and managed to wear them the day of the wedding.  They are not a shiny patent leather  just plain black. They were comfortable when I wore them around the house, but not so much at the wedding.  However, for a first time ordering shoes online, they were a good deal and soft leather.