Comme Il Faut

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The Devil Made Me Do It!

This week a lovely young woman from South Africa arrived in Buenos Aires. Liz is a friend of a friend of Venetia, and has quickly become one of our group of badass women! On her first night here, Venetia, Sasha, Liz and I went for drinks on the terrace at La Biela and we told her all about Buenos Aires. She immediately latched onto the tango idea and said she wanted a lesson. Of course, I said I’d connect her with Alejandro.

However, nothing would do but she had to have the right shoes before she goes for a lesson! So today I took her for the quintessential tango shoe shopping experience at Comme Il Faut. Did I really think I could go there and not buy shoes? Of course not! Here’s the evidence.

I love these shoes! If I wasn’t going out already tonight I would go dancing in them. But since I’ve been to milonga three times already this week and I have my lesson tomorrow, maybe it’s just as well! They can wait!

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Shopping for Tango Shoes!

Last week I signed up a new client, so I celebrated by buying new tango shoes! I had to choose between two pairs I really loved, so I’m hoping another new client will come along soon so that I can go back for them.

I’m only half kidding about that, because these puppies are expensive. They have to be, because of the way they are made. They’re not just pretty shoes; they have to be engineered in a certain way to stand up to the abuse they take on the dance floor, and they have to be well padded without looking it, otherwise nobody would be able to dance in them. But Comme Il Faul shoes are an investment and worth every peso.

Here’s the video of the great tango shoe buying adventure!