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In the list of priorities on how to dress well, your shoe laces should be near the bottom. Take care of the style fundamentals<\/a> first. But once you’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 adding a dimple to your tie<\/a>, and, as you’ll find illustrated above, lacing your dress shoes in what sartorialists consider the proper fashion.<\/p>\n

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In the list of priorities on how to dress well, your shoe laces should be near the bottom. Take care of the style fundamentals first. But once you’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 adding […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":176483,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42378,42306,227],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-illustrated-guides","category-shoes","category-style"],"featured_image_urls":{"large":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/shoes-1-538x280.jpeg","aom":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/shoes-1-372x230.jpeg","reactor-320":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/shoes-1-320x183.jpeg"},"yoast_head":"\nHow to Lace Your Dress Shoes | The Art of Manliness<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"An 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