by Anthony Miele

Created on: March 14, 2009   Last Updated: March 15, 2009

The art of sneaker lacing is one of which has grown to be a popular trend everywhere nowadays. Have you ever had your shoes tied from the sides of your sneakers? The "bushwalk" style will allow you to do this. There are many methods in threading your laces in and out of those eyelets, including your basic "criss cross" and different-looking lacing such as the "ladder" or "zipper." Whatever your delicacy may be, you'll be sure to improve it by having your shoes "laced up" in the stylish way that you always wanted them to be.

The Basic Criss Cross

Although many of us may want our sneakers laced in a more extravagant way, you cannot go wrong with the "criss cross" lacing. This is by far the easiest method to take upon and will also keep your feet most comfortable when wearing your shoes. By also being the most basic, your sneakers are most likely threaded in this fashion already, but it's still always nice to know how to do. In a few simple steps, you can have your famous "criss cross" laced up and ready to go in no time!

Start by threading the ends of your laces through the first holes in your sneakers (the holes closest to the toe) from the inside. To insure that your laces will be even, hold them straight up until each end matches the other. After you've put your desired laces in through the holes and they're even, you now simply thread them back and forth, through each hole, crossing up and over. Remember to push the laces from the inside of your shoe (make sure you're not pushing the lace into the shoe, but rather pulling it up through the loop). Voila! you now have sneakers with a simple, yet still fashionable lace.

The Ladder

This lace style looks exactly how it sounds, like a ladder. Although it's a bit more complicated to thread, the benefits you reap are well worth it. Being that the laces will be distributed quite evenly throughout the sneakers, this lacing will also give comfortable you comfortable wearing. There are many other methods that are similar but the one that is given here is by far the best.

You would start by taking your lace and pulling both ends up through both of the bottom eyelets. Remember to make sure they're even. The ends of the laces are then pushed down through the next holes and crossed. OK, here's where it may get a little tricky; After you have crossed them, you want to feed each end through the bridge of lacing that you're made from the bottom eyelet to the second. Lastly, once you have hooked the ends through the vertical part

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