The Tango Lesson

I want to let you in on a secret. Tango shoes are the most comfortable heels in the world. They are magic. I wish somebody had told me sooner. I have been flirting with Argentine Tango for the past 10 years but never had a pair of proper Tango shoes until just recently and I was in for a big surprise. I am NOT a heel person--my choices are practical, generally maxing out at a 2.5" height.

Well, these babies are 4". On my Tango shoe shopping trip each subsequent shoe I tried on got higher and higher as all the shoes were so well balanced and comfortable. Tango dancers have a special relationship with their shoes and as I now know, there are LOTS of choices out there. Mine are from Nueva Epoca and I will be wearing them outside (which is not advised but these shoes make me want to live on the wild side). If you feel prepared to enter the Cult Of The Tango Shoe, then go check out the ultra chic line Comme Il Faut ("proper" in French), which is wildly popular and doesn't produce anything shorter than a 3" heel as far as I know (that would not be proper).


And if you want to catch the Tango dancing bug, all you have to do is watch Sally Potter's gorgeous film The Tango Lesson.