Buenos Aires' great talabartería since 1987, a three-storey Recoleta townhouse of gaucho craft — hand-stitched saddles, polo boots, capybara leather and criollo silverwork, the estancia tradition brought whole into the capital.
Best for Gaucho leather, polo kit and Argentine silversmithing.
Mario Bravo 750, C1175ABN Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina / Buenos Aires / Argentina
Calzados Correa has made shoes by hand in Buenos Aires since 1955. The owners still serve customers themselves. The workshop turns out about eight pairs a day, in ready-to-wear and made-to-measure, including wingtips.
Best for Handmade shoes and accountable leatherwork.
Casa Fagliano is a five-generation family bootmaker founded in 1892 in Hurlingham, making handcrafted polo boots. Loafers, cordovan shoes, belts and boots ship worldwide with free standard delivery.
Best for Bootmaker, leather goods, polo boots, artisanal shoes
Buenos Aires polo brand founded 1985 by Italian-Argentine entrepreneur Lando Simonetti with Gachi Ferrari; started with saddles and boots before expanding into apparel, with a flagship store in Milan.
Best for Polo sport, authentic
La Martina was founded in 1985 by Lando Simonetti, an Italian entrepreneur who had worked in fashion in the United States before returning to his native Argentina, together with Gachi Ferrari. The brand's name is drawn from Marta de Estrada Lainez, mother of Argentine polo player Adolfo Cambiaso. La Martina began by making leather equipment for polo - saddles and boots - before extending into shirts, caps, and broader ready-to-wear apparel. La Martina has also built a retail presence in Italy, including a concept store in Milan, alongside outposts in London, Dubai, Mumbai, and other markets.
Argentine women's footwear label founded in 2001, producing handcrafted leather shoes in its own factory since 2005; feminine, vintage-inflected designs sold through boutiques in Buenos Aires' Palermo neighborhood and shopping centers nationwide.
Best for Artisan leather unique shoes.
Sibyl Vane is an Argentine footwear brand founded in 2001, focused on women's shoes and leather accessories with a design language the company describes as blending current trends with vintage references. Since 2005 the brand has produced its shoes by hand in its own factory in Argentina, overseeing leather and component selection through final finishing for each pair. Sibyl Vane designs, manufactures and sells its own footwear and accessories rather than working through third-party licensees, which the company points to as the basis for its quality control. The brand has built a retail presence concentrated in Buenos Aires, including in the Palermo neighborhood, and is stocked in or operates within shopping centers including Dot Baires, Galerías Pacífico, Alto Palermo, Paseo Alcorta, Patio Bullrich and Patio Olmos, along with an exclusive boutique in Rosario at the Alto Rosario Shopping mall.