Those sneakers that got featured recently from J. Crew got some interest because some of the color ways had leather laces. Someone suggested why not put leather laces on regular sneakers. Flash forward to a discussion I had with my buddy about chuck taylors and it rekindled my interest in breathing some new life into my old Purcells, so I dug these out.

What do you think?
I haven't made up my mind yet. I went to the mall to get the laces J. Crew has on their site but my local J. Crew didn't have them. Not wanting to be defeated, I went over to Sperry and picked up a couple from them. Oddly enough, even though both packages said 42in, one pair was about 5in longer than the other so the laces are shorter on the black shoes than the white ones. Shoes are pretty dirty, I hardly ever wear these except for when I ride my bike.
I think this would be killer with navy Purcells.
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