welcome back to the gentleman's Gazette
today's video is all about shoelaces and
how you can use them to change the look
of your shoes as well as your outfits
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sooner or later we all feel like it's
time to mix up our shoe game and usually
that means investing in new pair of
shoes unfortunately all these shoes are
quite expensive however if you watch our
$100 vs. $5 pair shoes you notice that
the casper ware is actually less
expensive for a quality pair which is
why I always urge people to invest in
quality if they can there have enough
money to invest another pair of shoes
the easiest way to change the look and
appearance of your shoe and your entire
outfit is by switching out the shoelaces
the advantages are one it's very
inexpensive you can get round laces or
flat laces laces or colored laces
circuit $9.00 knock and they only get
less expensive the more you buy two
shoelaces are reversible meaning you can
put them in one pair of shoes and we
don't like it anymore you just put the
old ones back in or you put them in a
different pair of shoes that way if you
get a set of 15 shoelaces in all kinds
of different colors it gives you not
just 50 new outfit ideas but you can
multiply it with all the shoes you have
in your wardrobe the disadvantage is
that it takes minutes to exchange the
shoelaces but once you get the hang of
it it's quite easy and you can do it in
no time so how come that a little items
such as shoelaces can really transform
the look of your shoes basically it
boils down to contrast conversation
laces highlight the lacing systems and
since they don't match the letter they
really sustained out and the look
appears to be entirely different now if
a part color is too much for you I
suggest to change the shape let's say
you have a black pair of shoes with
black brown shoe lists to change the
look
simply add flat black shoe laces and you
can really see the difference the same
is of course true for brown shoes or any
other kind of shoe now of course if you
just exchange a shape that's quite easy
if you go with a different color it's
easy to go over the top so how exactly
should you do it ideally you want to
manage the color of your shoelaces to a
different color in your outfit that way
you pick up that color and the entire
look is more harmonious and it looks
like it's well put together
for example you can match the shoelace
color to something in your socks if you
wear colored socks you can also combine
it with a color in your pocket square or
your tie and your bow tie maybe your
cufflinks and you never they just pick a
color that really works well with the
shoelaces it doesn't have to be a
hundred percent exact match but it
should be in the same realm that can be
easier said than done and not all colors
of shoelaces work with all colors of
shoes so let's look at some basics here
let's say you have a black pair of shoes
I said before if you have the black
round shoelaces upgrade to black flat
once and it is still very office
appropriate and very formal you want to
change it up a little bit and let's say
your shirt has a blue stripe you can add
a blue pair of shoelaces which really
looks entirely different doesn't it a
blue shoe is it's very easy to combine
because blue is very dominant in men's
wear and most people wear white shirts
so you could think about getting a white
or off-white pair of shoelaces on a
black shoe now that's a very stark
contrast and if you go for a very black
and white outfit that may work otherwise
I think it's a little over the top on
the other hand black with prepared shoe
laces looks very very dapper because
it's just a slight contrast but it's
different enough to notice a shoelace
and your lacing system and to provide a
different look without being overly loud
if you like little louder
with the red pair of shoelaces because
black and red have historically been a
good combination for that reason we have
or a water than black and red or a
business card holder and red and black
when it comes to evening wear black
shoes are a must-have
however as just not to go with different
cultural ices to go with distinct
evening shoe laces back in a men matched
the shoe laces they had to their bow
ties and the materials and it's actually
quite dapper and you can even go with a
wider band because the bow tie is wider
and so if the bow when your shoe is
wider it just is very harmonious and
unique let's say you have a black satin
bow tie go with satin shoelaces
if you have a double bow tie go with
velvet shoelaces or grow Grenon grogram
you get how it works with a largest
selection of evening shoe laces our shop
so if you're into black tie and white
tie events please check it out
now let's look at brown shoes advantage
of brown is that it comes in two
thousands of different shapes so no
Brown is exact
like another pretty Shoeless is that
means it's even easier to combine and
even gives you a greater option to
create different outfits for example I
like the combination of dark brown suede
with a dark orange lace again it's not a
stark contrast it's a light contrast but
it's very sophisticated and it works
really well for for wintry outfits if
you combine any form of green in her
outfit Brown shoes also work well with
red shoelaces simply because Brown has
elements of red in it and so it's
already harmonious and everything looks
tied together even though there's a
contrast for gold bolder look into maybe
an orange pair of shoelaces or a yellow
pair of shoelaces brown with off-white
can look quite nice and I like it a lot
more than with black shoes you can also
try to have dark brown shoes with light
brown shoelaces or the other way around
again very subtle contrast but different
enough to make it unique the same is
true for cordovan or burgundy colors I
like to combine an awkward pair of
shoelaces with a quarter of an pair of
Burgundy boots because it's just
different and it's not something you
usually see on the street I could go on
for hours discussing all different shoe
laces with all the different shoe colors
but I think you get the gist now make
sure there's some form of contrast and
tied into a color that already exists in
the rest of your outfit because of that
you should always choose the shoe laces
last and not first now what kind of shoe
is should you get if you were any kinds
of leather shoes or dress shoes don't go
with a thick nylon shoelaces you can
find on Amazon and all over the place
instead invest in a waxed cotton laces
that are either round which is classic
or flat in our shop we offer round and
flat shoe laces in a length of 80
centimetres or 31 and a half inches and
it should work for all four eyelets or
five eyelets shoe if you have boots
anything other than a chukka boot with
more eyelets I suggest you go with our
both shoelaces
not only are there thicker but they're
also longer about forty seven and a
quarter inches and 120 centimetres to be
exact we also offer all our shoe laces
in 15 different colors the more
shoelaces to buy the more attractive the
price will get and make sure to also
check out our evening shoelace
now that you know how to combine shoe
laces with shoes happy shopping and
please sell us some pictures of your
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in today's video I'm wearing a brown
jacket with no vents and a white paper
pal it's actually part of a three-piece
suit all right here I'm wearing it with
a sand colored pair of chinos and you
will learn more about chinos please
check our in Epcot here
my shoes are dark brown from Ellen
Edmunds there are a long wing tip which
means decide goes all the way back and I
chose to go with shoelaces that are in a
cognac caramel brown which is quite
contrasting but it goes well with mice
and khakis as well as my socks I also
try to pick up the color in my dark red
burgundy pocket square which is made out
of wool Shelly from Fort Belvedere the
red at the same time is also in my socks
as well as my knee tie from Fort
Belvedere and so it all works well
together my shirt on the our end is
light blue with dark blue stripes and it
creates a contrast to my khaki pants
they've gone was something in off-white
or white there would have been just a
light contrast and it wouldn't have been
strong enough at the same time there's
enough contrast between all my elements
my outfit to create a harmonious look
alternatively I could have gone with
burgundy red shoe laces or maybe
something in a sand off-white color
because I have those colors in my outfit
of course I could have also worn a dark
brown pair of shoelaces I probably have
gone with something flat you can see
even though my shoes are Derby shoes I
decided to go with a straight bar lacing
which is thermally typical for oxford
shoes to learn how to lace her shoes
properly please check out our in-depth
video about that here the boutonniere
you can see right now is light blue and
so it works well with my shirt and the
tee number day everything is very
harmonious all the accessories are
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