Tango Shoes in BsAs
Every time I go to Buenos Aires there are yet more places to see and buy gorgeous shoes for dancing tango. The array of choices of styles and colors is dizzying and almost overwhelming until you start to glut yourself with more purchases than you can wear and also begin to narrow down what does and does not work for you specifically. I have many shoes that are absolutely stunning but mainly well suited to looking beautiful while sitting down. Fortunately, even if you buy shoes that don’t ultimately work for you to dance in, you can usually sell or trade shoes with other people who have the same problem. Many people who run milongas here in the States will periodically sponsor a shoe swap to redistribute the shoe wealth and try to rebalance people’s closets.
Here is a partial list of the many shoe stores in BsAs. A complete list is impossible because new ones are added all the time. Some of my favorites have comments in red.
If you would like to share a good shoe buying source, e-mail me the information and I will add it to the list.
This list was updated January, 2012 with help from Judith Schwartz and others who e-mailed me with updates. Because things change all the time, I welcome any news of changes of information to help others who may be checking this list before setting off to buy shoes in Buenos Aires. Thanks.
Here is a new offering for an online tango shoe store I received April 2012:
Very Tango Online Store™
2X4 al pie ~ women's & men's with interchangeable soles!
Scalabrini Ortiz 1753 Dpt. 3
15-5011-2000 (celular)
mon-fri 2pm-7pm / sat. 3pm-7pm
Alanis ~ **Someone just emailed me that Alanis is no longer here. I don’t know if she moved or is just closed for good.
mostly women's tango shoes ~ unusual designs, very flexible sole, very comfortable.
Libertad 1172, local 9, Galery Libertad,
down town, RECOLETA
mon-fri 11am-7pm / sat 11am-2:30pm
(more or less -- there is often a "be back soon" sign on her door!)
no phone (only her cell, which is private)
Artesanos para el Tango – (I received an email on
Feb 23, 2015 from someone who went to this store
and reported it was closed)
Av. San Juan 410
San Telmo
4300-9845
Aurora Lubiz
Sarmiento 722 7th floor
4393-4092 / 15-5699-3537 (celular)
tues-sat 2pm-6pm
info@zapatosauroralubiz.com.ar
http://www.auroralubizropa.com.ar
Bailarin Porteño
Suipacha 251
San Nicolas downtown near the obelisk
4390-4067
Bertie Buenos Aires ~ Out of Business now (per e-mail notice)
Esmeralda 566
San Nicolas downtown
15-3150-0323 (celular)
Centro Artesanal del Tango ~ men's & women's tango shoes (I have found nice things there)
Suipacha 256
San Nicolas downtown near the obelisk
4326-5377
pedidos@suipacha256tango.com.ar
http://www.suipacha256tango.com.ar/
Comme il Faut (Sadly, these are, for me, best for sitting down, but they are gorgeous!)
Arenales 1239, Puerta 3, Dto. M (upstairs)
Retiro downtown nearer to Plaza San Martin
4815-5690
mon-fri 11am-7pm / sat. 11am-3pm
zapatoscommeilfaut@hotmail.com
DarCos Tango (I love these because they have nice padding in the ball of the foot)
men's & women's shoes / clothes / music / souvenirs
Suipacha 259
San Nicolas downtown near the obelisk
4326-2032 / 4390-4067 / 4390-4068
Malabia 1616
Palermo Soho
4832-7436
Sucre 2394
Belgrano, just off Cabildo
5786-0086
info@darcostango.com
http://www.darcostango.com/where.php?1n=en&p=us
Delie shoes
Piedras 843
San Telmo
Tel. / Fax (054) 4300-8521
Di Francesco
Guemes 4819
Palermo Viejo
4778-1543
DNI Tango ~ mostly men's tango shoes & sneakers, some women's / clothes
DNI #1 Corrientes 2140
downtown
4952-1688
DNI #2 Bulnes 1011 (this is where the store is)
alto palermo
4866-3663
Fabio Shoes ~ men's & women's dance sneakers only
Riobamba 10, 10th floor Dpt. A
Balvanera downtown
4952-6628 / 4953-6005
Fattomano
Guatemala 4464 (door not numbered - hard to find)
Palermo Botánico, just off Scalabrini Ortiz
(5411) 4832-3156
4832-9633
Flabella
Suipacha 263
San Nicolas downtown near the obelisk
4322-6036
GretaFlora (These are gorgeous, and you can order and have them shipped)
Acuña de Figueroa 1612
Palermo Soho
4861-0539
15-5304-3474 (celular)
mon-fri 11am-7:30pm / sat 2-7pm
http://www.gretaflora.com/ingles/paginapop2.htm
La Vikinga ~ women's & men's tango shoes ~ new venture
Entre Rios 469 Second Floor
4383-6229 / 15-5865-8279
Le Tango Shoes
Pergamino 1423
Flores - out of town
4612-1850 / 15-5153-7580 (celular)
Av. Eva Peron 3500
Liber-Tango zapatos-shoes (New 2010)
Bolivar 1111
(just one block over from Defensa, around the corner from Plaza Dorrego)
they are open DAILY including sundays 10am-8pm
4361-3176
prices: $320-340 pesos
Linda's
Lugones 4110
Villa Urquiza (near Club Sunderland)
4542-4750 / 4546-2642
Loló Gerard ~ men's & women's tango shoes
Tomás de Anchorena 607
Abasto downtown
4962-3860
mon-fri 11am-8pm / sat. 11am-6pm
Mirtha Paulo
Esmeralda 461
San Nicolas downtown near the obelisk
4328-5970
Madreselva
Corrientes 3190 first floor Abasto Plaza Hotel
Abasto downtown
6311-4412
mon-fri 3-8pm
Maidance ~ women's & men's dance shoes & clothes
Araoz 240 (betw. Guemes & Santa Fé)
Palermo Botánico
4833-6948
Güemes 4819 (and Frya J. Sta. María de Oro)
Palermo Viejo
4778-1543
http://www.maidance.com.ar/calzado-Tango1-m.htm
Mala Yunta
Anchorena 563
Abasto
4867-2457
Neo Tango ~ men's and women's shoes & sneakers
Sarmiento 1938 (near Riobamba)
Balvanera downtown
4306-0171
tel/fax: 4951-8695 / 15-5147-3308 (celular)
mon-fri 10:30am-7pm / sat. 11am-4pm
Paule Tenaillon ~ new, french designer tango shoes
by appointment only
15-3191-8100 (celular)
PH Tango ~ men's & women's tango shoes
Grito de Asencio 3602
Pompeya
4911-0925
Raquel Calzado Fino ~ men's & women's tango shoes
Arenales 1974 third floor
Recoleta
4816-6476 / 15-3178-2514 (celular)
mon-fri 1pm-7pm / sat 11am-4pm
Raquel Shoes (Someone recently sent me this recommendation)
Bolivar 554
San Telmo
5411 4331-6423
http://www.raquelshoes.com.ar/index.php?route=common/home
Scarpe Mahara (I have found nice things here)
only women's tango & street shoes
Suipacha 252
San Nicolas downtown near obelisk
4328-3528
Susana Artesanal (I have bought many nice shoes here, and they are often my favorites for dancing and comfort)
men's & women's tango shoes
T. de Anchorena 537
Abasto downtown
4865-3713
http://www.shoes-susanaartesanal.com
Taconeando ~ women's shoes
Arenales 1606
Recoleta
4811-5391
mon-fri 10am-8pm / sat. 10am-3pm
http://www.taconeandoshoes.com.ar
Tango8 ~ men's & women's shoes & sneakers, clothing, music, accessories
Lavalle 3801
downtown
Anchorena 602
abasto
4864-0471
mon-fri 11am-7pm
Tango Brujo ~ (Out of Business now per e-mail notice)
Esmeralda 754
San Nicolas downtown near the obelisk
http://www.tangobrujo.com/ingles/
Tango Leike ~ mostly women's tango shoes & clothes
Sarmiento 1947
Balvanera downtown
4953-0360 / 15-5475-1125 (celular)
Todo Tango Shoes ~ mostly women's shoes, some men's
Suipacha 245 loc. 2
San Nicolas downtown near the obelisk
4328-9083
mon-fri 11am-7pm / sat. 10:30am-1pm
calzadosavalos@argentina.com.ar
http://www.calzadosavalos.spaces.live.com