Shoelaces or shoe laces are also called shoestrings or boot laces. Shoe laces are used
in the form of a pair and provide security to the shoes. These are not only
used by today's people but the primitive man used to wear a hide or any
covering to cover the feet and he, instead of shoelaces used to use grass,
twine or leather thongs. Even the 3000 BC years old Otzi the iceman of
Bronze age have been discovered by archaeologists shows the much complicated
insulated leather shoes with shoelaces that are made up of lime bark string.
You can even see the shoe laces history in the Museum of London that has
medieval footwear of 12th century.
Nowadays shoelaces come with varied accessories like,
hooks for
tightening the laces (used in skates),
shoelace cover for protection
(used in wrestling),
lace locks for holding the laces without
tying it,
shoe lace tags having two holes or a slot for passing the
shoe laces & worn in the beginning of the lace close to the toes and
shoe laces charms as colored laces.
Type of Shoe Laces Fabric
Shoe laces or shoelaces are made from
various fabrics but the most widely used are:
Leather shoe laces come in wide array of designs and patterns. Even
the finishing of leather shoe laces vary a lot from smooth to rough. Leather
shoe laces provide snug fitting of the shoes making them more comfortable to
wear. You can get suede leather laces, nappa leather shoelaces, buff
leather, cow leather, goat leather and calf leather shoe laces. These are
widely used in sneakers and boots.
Laces made up of cotton are the most popular and commonly available. There
is a big industry of these
cotton laces as
from school going kid to office going person, all need this
narrow
fabric product. These laces come in almost every color so people go
for the varied colors and use these either according to the color of their
shoes or the dress. Even you can get the organic shoe laces that cost $3.00.
SKU: 810. Hemp and jute shoelaces are also organic and used widely. The
modern day shoelaces are also made from the synthetic fabric. Synthetic
fabric made them more durable, rough and tough, resistant to water and more
smooth in appearance. The twine of these fabricis made to make the shoelaces. Both the end of the shoes laces are then fixed with the plastic or metal sheath that is called aglet. With aglet it
is easy to hold the lace and also you can easily feed it through eyelet.
Types of Shoelaces
Based on the type of criss cross weaving the
shoelaces can be of following types:
- Flat Shoes Laces
- Round Shoes Laces
Flat shoes laces are more comfortable than the round ones as they
remain tied for a longer period of time. In the flat category of shoe laces
thee comes the “fat laces” that are very wide. Apart from this
there are traditional elastic laces, knotted shoelaces and twirly laces for
shoes. In knotty laces after certain length of the lace there appears a knot
the restricts the free movement of the shoe laces. In children's shoes you
will find the elastic laces. This makes slipping in & out of the shoes
easier.
Length of Shoe Laces
While calculating the length of a shoe lace
many factors are considered like pair of eyelets, horizontal spacing between
the eyelets, vertical spacing between the eyelets and length of the shoelace
end (to tie a knot).
- The most comfortable length – 10 inches or 250 mm
- Very short shoe lace length – 6 inches or 150 mm
- Extremely long shoe lace length – 14 inches or 350 mm
Shoe Lace Length Calculator
Tying Shoelaces: Method to Tie Shoe Laces
There are many different
ways of tying laces but here we are presenting the most easily done and
comfortable shoe laces styles. Do your laces in any of the following ways
and give you shoe a new feel.
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