Modern society tries to express and express itself in any way. Someone creates works of art with the help of paints, someone - with the help of musical instruments, for someone the means of manifesting their views is clothing, hairstyle or make-up , and for someone - shoes. It would seem that the laces on sneakers are a trifle, however, once you have tried it, you will appreciate how significant the difference is, how much the appearance of not only your favorite shoes has changed, but your look as a whole. Of course, here, as in any case, it will take skill and development of a certain skill, however, this process will subsequently be taken less and less.
History and facts
It is much more difficult to come up with something yourself. One of the greatest gurus on how beautifully to tie shoelaces is the Australian Jan Figen. His harmless and seemingly useless fad has grown into a business in which the whole world equals him. For all the time he developed 31 ways of interesting and practical tying of shoelaces. In fact, it turned out that many of them are really more convenient, more qualitative, faster, and are stronger than the traditional "Christmas tree".
Remember how hard it was to learn this in childhood? It is unlikely that the development of new methods will take significantly longer. And besides with simple instructions and explanations offered by the author of lacing.
Jan offers all the interested people a lot of useful advice: how to make sure that the nodes are not untied, what to look for, tying shoelaces to athletes and children, how to correctly calculate the correct length and much more.
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Jan's site
Yes, in addition to various variations, it is possible to tie laces on sneakers and sneakers beautifully, an Australian created even one own knot, which he officially named in his honor. Pictures from most of the resources, unfortunately, do not give enough understanding of how to cope with this "beast", although in reality everything is much simpler than it seems.
When knotting the knot, it is necessary to throw the shoelaces on the index and thumbs of both hands, after tightening the laces to cross, hook one thumb and the other index finger to the opposite loops and tighten. The description will be incomprehensible until you pick up the laces. Having understood what's what, you can tie this knot in one movement. He is much stronger than usual, and at the same time looks prettier and smoother.
The most interesting variants of beautifully tied laces
- Lashing Hash (English mishmash, confusion). The way, at first glance, something similar to the "Christmas tree", however, upon closer examination more free, informal and original.
- Lacing Lattice (English grille). A complex and insanely interesting option, how beautiful it is to tie shoelaces on sneakers. It looks especially impressive in combination with wide laces.
- Lacing Hidden Knot (English Hidden Knot ). The ideal way to lace for sports or riding a bicycle, when you do not want to constantly worry, the knot does not untie.
- Lacing Checkboard (English chessboard). One of those options that look good in two colors. Can continue the color line selected in the clothes.
- Lacing Bi-color (English double color). As you can guess from the title, this way also assumes the presence of laces of two colors. It looks impressive both in color and black and white.
- Lacing Double back (English double reverse). The method is an improved version of the classic lacing. Looks more vivid and expressive, perfectly fixes the foot. It looks great in contrast.
