Buying cool shoelaces for your favorite sneakers?

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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?
 
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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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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 🤡
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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.
 

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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)
 

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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.
 
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