Original shoe lacing

2024 Author: Priscilla Miln | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 00:21

Sneakers, sneakers and other lace-up sports shoes today are available to almost every person. As a rule, the lacing of sneakers remains standard, factory. But in fact, there are a huge number of ways of lacing.

Patterns by Jan Figgen

The beautiful lacing of the sneakers will give the shoes a new and stylish look. The absolute professional of this business is the Australian Jan Figgen, who regularly invents new ways to tie a sneaker. At the same time, his lacing of sneakers often consists of several bright textured laces. With their help, he creates various combinations of various knots and all kinds of weaves. His shoe lacing, which can be found in a huge number of photos, is original and easy to perform.

Thousands of ways to lace up

By the way, scientists have calculated that a pair of the most ordinary sneakers with 6 rows of holes can be laced in 43,200 different ways. In addition, Figgen recommends his own shoe lacing for each sport. For example, for cyclists, he created such a methodtying sports shoes, in which the ends of the lace are on the opposite side of the chain.

Classification of shoe lacing types

Let's analyze the most popular and beautiful types of lacing.

• Traditional shoe lacing remains the most popular due to its lightness, comfort and ease of execution.
• Lacing from the inside out is also quick and easy. But it is worth remembering that with an odd number of holes, you must start lacing from the inside.
• "Ladder", or the European version, is a beautiful lacing of sneakers, while being very durable and comfortable, it has a neat look. The lace first goes through the bottom holes, going out. Then one end crosswise passes through the upper hole, the other end goes higher through one hole. So alternately and you should continue lacing.
• Direct fashionable lacing of sneakers is not easy to perform, but very neat and beautiful in appearance. In this case, the lace is passed through the bottom hole and goes inside. One end rises from the right up and leaves the upper hole to the left. Both ends of the lace, rising up, go out, stretching to the opposite side. Then continue until one of the tips reaches the top hole.



• There is also another popular shoe lacing. It is called hidden knot lacing and is very beautiful in appearance, but can cause some discomfort. Also, this method is only suitable forsneakers with an even number of holes. The lacing of the boot begins in the standard way, but the left end of the lace should be longer than the right. The right end of the lace should be brought to the very end. In this case, both ends go inside the sneaker. Then both ends are tied inside the sneaker on the left side. It can be loosened if necessary.
• The straight lacing method gives the shoe a neat and beautiful appearance. The lace is passed through the lower holes and taken inside. One end is stretched along the entire length, the second is followed, throwing it to the other side.

Thus, there are a huge number of ways of lacing. Remember that colorful laces can add originality to your style. It remains only to choose the type you like, based on personal preferences.