Buying cool shoelaces for your favorite sneakers?

[rushjurassicparkfly]

This is something I've caught myself doing a few times in the past, getting new laces for the sneakers I wear the most. I do (or at least try to) lead an active lifestyle, so spare laces are something I always bring for week-long camping trips. Still, I sometimes get wackier ones, just for kicks. So, does anyone else gets new laces for sports/fashion/durability/cool factor or any other reason?

 

[FAST6191]

Ignoring my wearing rigger boots or zip up the sides for the last few years.

Are they broken beyond what a knot will sort? I will get new ones.

That said if rule of cool is in play nobody has yet beaten

 

[halfashark]

Ignoring my wearing rigger boots or zip up the sides for the last few years.

Are they broken beyond what a knot will sort? I will get new ones.

That said if rule of cool is in play nobody has yet beaten
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shoe looks like a clown emoji
(Screenshot if it changes depending on your phone)

 

[GeekyGuy]

Ignoring my wearing rigger boots or zip up the sides for the last few years.

Are they broken beyond what a knot will sort? I will get new ones.

That said if rule of cool is in play nobody has yet beaten
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Interesting (and fun) idea. For me, no, not anymore, anyway.

As an aside, what kind of sneakers are those They look quite loose and comfy.

 

[FAST6191]

The picture was just a decent one from image search. I am equally far from a fan of trainers/sneaker head -- my idea of shoe shopping tends to be walk into the skate shop, find a high ankle shoe and hope they have it sized for the skis I seem to pass off as feet.
That just looks like a low ankle converse clone to me.
I do also see medics wearing similar things from time to time (if you are going to spend 8 hours on your feet then pays to have good shoes)

 

[Veho]

Very few of my sneakers last longer than their shoelaces so I generally don't buy new shoelaces.
And very few pairs of sneakers last me long enough to get a chance to become "favourite" and get frills and embellishments so there's that.
(Also you ind of need more than one pair at a time for one of them to be favourite; again, that doesn't happen lately.)
I would say that "they don't make shoes like they used to" but then again I don't pay for shoes what I used to so it evens out.
Also I'm about twice as heavy as back when my shoes lasted longer than a few seasons so the fault is partly my own.

That being said, I noticed a few of the shoe store chains around here stopped stocking shoelaces altogether, which may indicate a trend.

 

[rushjurassicparkfly]

I do also see medics wearing similar things from time to time (if you are going to spend 8 hours on your feet then pays to have good shoes)

Yeah, I've noticed that too, they definitely are experts when it comes to choosing the right pair for maximum foot comfort under severe scrutiny