I have a pretty severe shoe fetish. I assure you that I do not have foot fetish, but merely a shoe fetish. There is a difference. A shoe fetish is a one that deals with what is worn over a foot, while a person who has a foot fetish believes that it is what’s inside that counts. This is not me, however both of these concepts will be true in regard to my jeans fetish whenever a female is the jean-wearing party.

To continue on the subject of shoes, I also enjoy lacing my shoes in ways that they are not commonly done. Usually this is for style reasons, but sometimes I may also consider functionality. A couple months ago, I finally acquired a sweet pair of hemp Macbeth Elliots. They are great, but when I laced them in the usual criss-cross pattern (just to check fit before prescribing the proper permanent lacing) I realized that the ends were going to be way to short to tie, and there was a bit of heal slippage. So Tim decided that a new strategy would need to be enacted if his acquisition of these new kicks was to be a success.

After recalling some of my previous lacing types and consulting with Ian’s Shoelace Site, I came upon the perfect solution: The Inverted Bow Tie. This would be a combination of the Bow Tie and Lock Lacing, but the Bow Tie would be done from under instead of over. This would definitely lengthen the laces and create extra leverage for my heel. I had already used the Lock for a pair of Camper Pelotas, and it actually did the trick.

I’d give some boring instructions for this lacing that I invented, but I’ll just post some pictures instead.