There is no end to walking around Palermo, and one can certainly spend an entire vacation wandering there, but we find ourselves occasionally "crossing the border" into Almagro and Villa Crespo, two barrios immediately south of Palermo. Each time, we find something interesting. During our last trip we stumbled across Cul de Sac, an outlet store/showroom for a small handbag (cartera) manufacturer that is located in the rear. The plant produces bags for other labels, but the showroom exclusively displays its own label, Cul de Sac.
The owner previously designed bags for Prune, a well known handbag store in Palermo Soho, before striking out on his own. Carolyn ended up buying four bags. Two as gifts and two for herself. Cinthia, the saleswoman, spoke enough English to help us make the purchase. The store is only about a 10 minute walk from Casa Palermo (7 blocks), located at Lavalleja 1114 (Esq. Cordoba 4400). 4774-9448
Note: Argentina is well known for it's leather and there is a "Leather District" in Buenos Aires that's only about a ten minute cab drive from Casa Palermo. It's located in the area surrounding the intersection of Murillo and Scalabrini Ortiz.
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4 comments:
I just stumbled upon your site looking for Prune handbags. Are these handbags (Cul de Sac) about the same price as Prune? Do they also sell the other labels that they make? Thanks.
Dear Steve and Jaclyn,
I apologize for not writing sooner, but for some reason Blogger is not forwarding comments to my email. Anyway, if it's not too late,I think these bags are less expensive and same quality. They only sell what they make. It's essentially a factory store, although it doesn't look like it.
I am interested in contacting cul-de-sac directly to purchase some handbags for my store. Could you give me the manufacturer contact information to purchase wholesale? Thank you very much for your help!
Lisa Beauchemin
owner
www.handheldchic.com
I haven´t hear about cul de sac, but the ones I loved when I was there were Blaque and XL. Prune was too expensive for me!
The good thing was that all of the Buenos Aires apartments I rented while on Argentina, were close to the Palermo area called "outlets" where you can get things at lower costs!
Kim
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