Tango Shoe Divas

I finally have a new recommendation!!! And not a moment too soon. A proper tango diva can only survive so long with only one pair of tango shoes (even if they are as fabulous as the the ones above). I just got a new pair of shoes from The Tango Shop and while I don’t love them quite as much as my Fattomanos they are much better than the other pair I bought recently. I was able to have a platform added to them, get a leather sole and choose a heel height. This pair is suede and they were soft, high quality feeling from the moment I put them on.

The platform is decently flexible (this is NOT the one inch platform you see on some of their shoes). Not quite as flexible as my Fattomanos, but they also haven’t been truely broken in. They are the first shoe I’ve had since my Fattomanos that I didn’t feel like I needed to break in, the leather is already soft and comfortable and the platform flexes reasonably with my step. I do hope that the platform gets even more flexible as I dance in them, but that is the only thing that I hope breaks in really. I do not know how well they will last in the long run since I have only had them a couple of weeks, but my first impression is that the quality is very good and the prices are about $50 less than Tara Tango. They did take closer to 6 weeks to deliver than the four weeks quoted on their site, but they were well worth the wait.