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The straight across, or “straight bar”, lacing technique looks great on a wide body sneaker like the New Balance 574s, Asics Gel Lyte and Yeezy style shoes (it also looks great on a pair of dress shoes or wing tips).
This post contains a video tutorial and image / written step by step guide to lacing your sneakers straight across.
We’ll be using a pair of New Balance 574s with our rope laces in the demo (this technique works best with sneakers with an even number of eyelets).
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Step One:
- Stretch your laces out end to end
- Pull one end shorter, about a 75:25 ratio on the laces
Step Two:
- Insert the tips of your laces into the bottom holes
- Make sure you push the laces down, creating an over the top straight line from bottom hole to bottom hole
Step Three:
- Pull one end much shorter than the other (about a 75:25 ratio)
Step Four:
- Take one of the laces and run it all the way up the inside of the sneaker
- Pull the lace through the top of of the sneaker
- Make sure the lace is underneath the sneaker, so it doesn’t show on top
- There should only be a few inches showing on top, adjust the laces accordingly
Step Five:
- Take the long end (the other side, the one you didn’t run up through the top)
- Run it underneath the sneaker on the same side
- Pull it out the first hole
Step Six:
- Take the long end (the other side, the one you didn’t run up through the top)
- Run it over the top the sneaker to the other side
- Pull it down the first hole on the other side
Step Seven:
- Run the same end underneath the sneaker on the same side
- Pull it out the second hole
Step Eight:
- Run the same end over the top the sneaker to the other side
- Pull it down the second hole on the other side
Step Nine:
- Repeat this process until you’re all the way up the sneaker
Then you’re done! You’ve completed the straight bar lacing style for your shoes.