Laces by Ian Fieggen

Synopsis

“The art of deft shoelace presentation” —Entertainment Weekly

Transform your dogs from same-old to super-fly with Laces, the ultimate shoe-makeover handbook. Whether you want to completely customize your kicks or just learn how to tie a knot that won’t come undone, Laces shows you how to lace up with style and put Velcro lovers to shame.

• 50 fresh lacing styles, including Zipper, Checkerboard, Spider Web, Ladder, and Star
• 16 hot knots, including the world’s fastest, “the Ian”
• 4 color-coded practice laces you can use right on the front cover

Biography

Ian Fieggen first became interested in shoelaces in 1982 when, at the age of 20, a broken-shoelace incident prompted him to analyze the humble shoelace knot. This led to the development of a better way to tie shoes, the Ian Knot, and set in motion Ian’s lifelong fascination with shoelaces.

Ian’s quarter-century of shoelace research culminated in Ian’s Shoelace Site (fieggen.com/shoelace), in which he used his graphic design skills to make dozens of intricate lacing and tying diagrams. His site, called “the best shoelace website in the universe” by Sneaker Freaker magazine, has been featured in Entertainment Weekly, Esquire, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal online, and other magazines, newspapers, and websites from around the world.

Ian lives in Melbourne, Australia, where he’s often referred to as “Professor Shoelace.”