596  THE PRICE OF SHOES IN BA

Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2002 21:13:53 -0400
From: DANCE MORE TANGO TEES 'N THINGS <24tango@BELLSOUTH.NET>
Subject: Re: THE PRICE OF SHOES IN BA

Frank wrote:

My shoe maker is a younger tanguero. He makes shoes for many of the
top dancers. Basically, he is an artist in leather. I am amused by
the attention some tangueros pay to their shoes


Does $75 - $100 U$S for this product seem too much? Then good luck
shopping elsewhere!

Frank is very fortunate to have a private shoemaker, who makes for the
dancers and is obviously an artist. The rest of us are at the mercy of the
commercial shoemakers, waiting a week or more for our shoes, holding our
breath that our shoes will fit, and not need to be redone or altered. This trip I
had shoes made, some fit and some had to be redone and mailed to me, one pair ending
up being a whole size too small. Another pair has never fit but I took them anyway
because I felt sorry for the shoemaker. Fortunately I had also bought quite a few pairs
"off the rack". Frankly, my spending $85.00 on a pair of shoes is history. If I
were going to spend that kind of money I would add a few dollars to it and
buy from Tara shoes who I feel has the best shoes going.

regards to the list.
norma greco
www.dancemoretango.com