I personally spent very little time shopping for shoes this visit: I replaced my worn out pairs with exactly the same colors and styles. I would have bought more, but there weren’t any more in my model and my size! I have worn Neotango for over a decade, and I will keep wearing the same model that fits me well until they discontinue it!

Shoes for the ladies

That didn’t stop the other tour members, as they were on their first Buenos Aires shoe shopping extravaganza. We hit Comme Il Faut (Arenales 1239) and Neotango (Sarmiento 1938) on the same day. Tanya and Heidi teamed up and went to a bunch more shoes stores, so I will let them add in if they wish.

Good news: Neotango recently made it possible to order directly from their website to be shipped to the USA. Ariel, my favorite salesperson there, told me it currently costs about $50 to mail a pair up here; but that is still cheaper than a lot of shoes at festivals, if you know your size and model.

It’s hard to find the 2 x 4 Al Pie store: this is the totality of their outside signage!!

Shoes for the guys

Except for the shopping day, the only extra shoe shopping I did was to go with Santiago to get his first pair of tango shoes. Santiago bought his first pair of tango shoes, and the other guys bought new shoes at Neotango and at 2 x 4 Al Pie (Aráoz 1973). I took Santiago (ok, I dragged him to the store) on his own, and he fell in love with some pretty cool shoes!

I had not been to 2 x 4 before, and I liked their sales team: friendly, helpful, but not pushy. They determined his shoe size and what model he wanted, and they brought out ALL the pairs in his size so he could make a good decision.

Tucked into a residential street, 2 x 4 can be easy to miss. Check out the photo above so you know what you are looking for!