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Roman Lacing
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Alternating X-I-X-I on top of the shoe, which looks a little like Roman numerals. It's most effective on dress
shoes where the sides of the shoe meet in the middle.
Note that the lacing technique depends on the number of eyelets in the shoe. This is because an "X" and an "I" form
an odd number of passes across the sides of the shoe, and an even number is needed for the lace ends
to meet and to be tied together.
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Faint sections are underneath
This shoe has seven pairs of eyelets, hence it uses a slightly different technique to that shown above.
IXIX Roman Laced dress shoe.
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Lacing Technique: 6 Eyelets = XIXI:
1. The lace is fed into the bottom left eyelet, runs vertically (grey section) and emerges from the next eyelet
above.
2. Both ends are crossed over each other on top of the shoe and are fed into the two eyelets on the bottom right
side.
3. The bottom (yellow) end runs straight up the right side, skipping one eyelet before emerging from and running
across the third set of eyelets.
4. The left (yellow) end, which was fed into the third eyelet, now runs straight up the left side and emerges from
the fourth eyelet.
5. The right (blue) end runs straight up the right side, skipping one eyelet before emerging from the fourth
eyelet.
6. Both ends are crossed over each other on top of the shoe and are fed into the fifth pair of eyelets.
7. Both ends run straight up the shoe and emerge through the top eyelets, where they are tied to form the final "I".
Features:
Decorative look
Suits dress shoes
Harder to tighten
Comparative Length = 77%
Laced area uses less (about −23%)
Shorter laces needed (about −11%)
Lengthens lace ends (about +21%)
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NOTE:
If this 6-eyelet-pair technique is started with an "I" straight across the bottom, the lacing becomes "IXIX"
instead of "XIXI" (the exact reverse). The main difference is that the lace ends finish up inside the shoe
on the left side like Hidden Knot Lacing, which looks distinctive but is quite
tricky to tie and can feel uncomfortable.
Many of the variations of Roman Lacing can also be reversed in order to finish up with the lace ends on the inside
at the top of the shoe (like Display Shoe Lacing), which is a little easier to
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Techniques For 3 to 14 Eyelet Pairs
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Here's some simple diagrams for Roman Lacing on shoes having between 3 and 14 pairs of eyelets. The light yellow
"X" and "I" sections are on top whilst the dark grey sections are underneath. Many diagrams can also be reversed to
give even more variations.
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These techniques can be extended to suit any number of eyelet pairs by adding another "XIXI" or "IXIX" to the start
of the lacing. For example, adding "XIXI" to the technique for 9 eyelet pairs will give the technique for 15 eyelet
pairs.
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Bow Tie Lacing
Similar method with only "X"s and no intervening "I"s.
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This page last updated: 16-Aug-2010. Copyright © 2005-2010 by
Ian W. Fieggen. All rights reserved.
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