There are several ways to lace dress shoes, but two techniques are most common: the crisscross and the crossbar. The crisscross technique is the one used to tie sneakers — no how-to tutorial necessary. The crossbar, however, is a more stylish alternative. The laces run horizontally across each row, instead of diagonally. The only problem with this technique is that tightening is difficult. One must start from the bottom and slowly tighten up the shoe, row by row.
We’ve found an alternative with the same exact appearance, and we call it the drawstring technique. It looks identical to the crossbar, except that one lace tightens the bottom rows, and the other lace tightens the top rows. Our shoes come laced, but in case you bring yours to your cobbler (or your dog decides to munch on them) and they become unlaced, this is your guide to lacing them back into elegant rows!
