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Originally posted by LesserBlackDog View PostBecause bar lacing is a PITA to lace. tighten, and loosen, and cannot be tightened as much as traditional crossed lacing anyway. Plus it doesn't look any better than crossed lacing as far as I'm concerned.
I have some strawfut's in some cross laced hybrid and I swear at them every time I put them onLast edited by shad0w4life; June 21, 2013, 12:14 PM.
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I was kidding but only partially. I really do like the look of bar lacing with bals and criss-cross with bluchers. I leave my shoes set up that way by default, but sometimes I'll mix it up, put in some colored laces, etc. Have you tried the "Straight European Lacing" that is mentioned here instead of regular bar lacing? http://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/lacingmethods.htm
Also, they might fit fine but that is a fairly substantial gap for a balmoral. If you're having problems keeping the laces tight, you might want to at least try on the next width. Maybe it will work or maybe not, but that 5 last is AEs most narrow last so an E (if those are D) might be a better fit in that last. Something to consider anyway LBD if you haven't ever tried a width up, and have easy access to an AE store or outlet to try 'em on.
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Originally posted by Fred G. Unn View PostI was kidding but only partially. I really do like the look of bar lacing with bals and criss-cross with bluchers. I leave my shoes set up that way by default, but sometimes I'll mix it up, put in some colored laces, etc. Have you tried the "Straight European Lacing" that is mentioned here instead of regular bar lacing? http://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/lacingmethods.htm
Also, they might fit fine but that is a fairly substantial gap for a balmoral. If you're having problems keeping the laces tight, you might want to at least try on the next width. Maybe it will work or maybe not, but that 5 last is AEs most narrow last so an E (if those are D) might be a better fit in that last. Something to consider anyway LBD if you haven't ever tried a width up, and have easy access to an AE store or outlet to try 'em on.
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Originally posted by Fred G. Unn View PostI was kidding but only partially. I really do like the look of bar lacing with bals and criss-cross with bluchers. I leave my shoes set up that way by default, but sometimes I'll mix it up, put in some colored laces, etc. Have you tried the "Straight European Lacing" that is mentioned here instead of regular bar lacing? http://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/lacingmethods.htm
Also, they might fit fine but that is a fairly substantial gap for a balmoral. If you're having problems keeping the laces tight, you might want to at least try on the next width. Maybe it will work or maybe not, but that 5 last is AEs most narrow last so an E (if those are D) might be a better fit in that last. Something to consider anyway LBD if you haven't ever tried a width up, and have easy access to an AE store or outlet to try 'em on.
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chiming in too - my strands looked like that when they first arrived, but now they are pretty much perfectly flush now after i've worn them a bunch of times.
if any shoe begs for straight bar lacing, its definitely the cap toe balmoral! i've never had an issue tightening the straight bar, and lacing it is 0.425% more difficult than criss crossing
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My shoes fit fine and I'm satisfied with the look and function of the lacing I use.
I simply prefer criss-crossed laces, period. I have tried bar lacing before and don't like how it feels or how annoying it is to try to tighten and loosen them. I don't have any problems with keeping laces tight once they have been tightened, only in getting them uniformly tight in the first place - something I found almost impossible with bar lacing. I personally don't think either form of lacing looks markedly better than the other. Crossed lacing certainly does not look as ugly or messy as some bar lacing advocates assert.
Re: foot width, my feet are dead-on D width. I actually confirmed as much with a Brannock device just a couple weeks ago. But I have a very high arch and instep. Thus my feet take up more vertical volume in a shoe than someone with the same length x width but flatter feet. That is likely the cause of the "substantial gap" in the lacing.Ben
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Back to my favorite blazer/SC. It's still pretty darn warm around here, but my little girl has a vocal performance/recital tonight (it's a very casual/informal one, thus the jeans and no-socks), and I'm heading there straight from work, so figured WTH... blazerize! Here's hoping they have the A/C on.
On that note, still on the look-out for an *affordable* (trying to watch the dough spent even more so these days) Summer blazer option. Anything you guys REALLY like that you'd recommend?... on the cheap, that is. I've been thrifting for one, but all they ever seem to have in that department are big, baggy, oversized '90s types. Not looking to go all Arsenio Hall (again), ya'know?
Blazer: BR
Shirt: BR
Pocket square: Original Penguin
Belt: BR (thrifted)
Jeans: Bonobos
Shoes: TBNY
Watch: Orient
Scent: Creed
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