For most of my adult life, Converse’s Chuck Taylor low-tops have been my standard non-sandal footwear. While I prefer the unbleached canvas ones, I’ve had to settle for bleached white on occasion. Rarely (as in almost never), will I buy my low-Chucks in any other color or trendy style (that double-tongue thing, that laces sewn down thing) — for me, shoes are those things you put on your feet to protect them from poop and sharp things on the ground, not particularly a statement of fashion or anything in particular. As you can see, I’ll wear my Chucks thoroughly before replacing them.
Which brings me to the point of my query — each time I start out a new pair, I puzzle over how to begin the laces: over or under? In the box, the laces are decoratively laced through the eyelets, and here, over does look better, but as you may know, the laces are rarely functional from the factory, and must be redone from scratch. To be fair to both camps, I alternate from pair to pair (the shoes depicted are from two different pairs), but am curious how others go about getting their Chucks’ laces started.
