Bought these for my daughter today. After reading the reviews about sizing I just decided to go to a real store and get the shoes from somebody who could measure her feet. She is normally an 8 1/2 or a 9 and her feet are on the narrow side. in these tap shoes she is a 9 1/2 medium width. If her feet were wide, the shoes would definitely not fit her. the white shoes are not patent leather, but are very cute. I think only the black tap shoes are made in patent leather.