{"id":49626,"date":"2023-05-21T10:17:28","date_gmt":"2023-05-21T15:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/?p=49626"},"modified":"2023-05-21T21:57:38","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T02:57:38","slug":"how-to-lace-dress-shoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/style\/shoes\/how-to-lace-dress-shoes\/","title":{"rendered":"Skill of the Week: Properly Lace Your Dress Shoes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-176487\" src=\"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2023\/05\/SOTW-Lace-Dress-Shoes.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"1219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2023\/05\/SOTW-Lace-Dress-Shoes.jpg 750w, https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2023\/05\/SOTW-Lace-Dress-Shoes-320x520.jpg 320w, https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2023\/05\/SOTW-Lace-Dress-Shoes-640x1040.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>An important part of manhood has always been about having the competence to be effective in the world \u2014 having the breadth of skills, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/character\/manly-lessons\/develop-savoir-faire-james-bond\/\">savoir-faire<\/a>, to handle any situation you find yourself in. With that in mind, each Sunday we\u2019ll be republishing one of the illustrated guides from our archives, so you can hone your manly know-how week by week.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In the list of priorities on how to dress well, your shoe laces should be near the bottom. Take care of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/style\/outfit-guide\/style-pyramid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">style fundamentals<\/a> first. But once you&#8217;ve got those down and would like to add a bit more panache to your outfit, you can start thinking about the smaller details of style, like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/featured\/how-to-put-a-dimple-in-your-tie\/\">adding a dimple to your tie<\/a>, and, as you&#8217;ll find illustrated above, lacing your dress shoes in what sartorialists consider the proper fashion.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Like this illustrated guide? Then you\u2019re going to love our book&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Illustrated-Art-Manliness-How-Self-Defense\/dp\/0316362654\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1504116462&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=illustrated+guide+to+art+of+manliness&amp;linkCode=sl1&amp;tag=artofmanliness03-20&amp;linkId=72823c21096e9c65d26a1b386e11963b\"><em>The Illustrated Art of Manliness<\/em><\/a>! Pick up a copy on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Illustrated-Art-Manliness-How-Self-Defense\/dp\/0316362654\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1504116462&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=illustrated+guide+to+art+of+manliness&amp;linkCode=sl1&amp;tag=artofmanliness03-20&amp;linkId=72823c21096e9c65d26a1b386e11963b\">Amazon<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An important part of manhood has always been about having the competence to be effective in the world \u2014 having the breadth of skills, the&nbsp;savoir-faire, to handle any situation you find yourself in. With that in mind, each Sunday we\u2019ll be republishing one of the illustrated guides from our archives, so you can hone your 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