I ordered the black patent and was very disappointed!  I ordered them from the areosoles website, so the picture of the patent to me seemed like a flat shiny patent, not a crinkle patent which is pictured here and how they arrived.  I was also very disappointed in how I felt like they appeared to look like a very cheap shoe, like something I would purchase from Walmart.  I do have to say that the comfort was out of this world!  They felt very cushiony, as if I could walk on them all day. The only problem was is that they felt wobbly, not very stable in the heel.  Maybe that's what you get when you have that much comfort factor?  If it wasn't for the fact that the look was just too cheap and the patent was not smooth (which is what is required for my work) I may have kept them.  I also felt that they ran a bit big, I could have gone with a 1/2 size smaller.