Are you one of those people who doesn't tie their shoelaces? Ok, you're still living in the early 2000s, but that's okay. In Sliwils we welcome everyone equally. In fact, we welcome people like you with special affection. Come, come, don't worry, we won't hurt you.

You do know that you'd spend less time on this thing if you tied them up, right? You'd finish sooner and your mother wouldn't have to look away in embarrassment. Never mind, we said we were moving on. Much worse are those who wear flip-flops with socks pulled up as high as their shins will allow or those who don't take off their caps indoors. But come on, let's get on with it, I'm in a good mood today.

If you are a practitioner of the noble art of wearing your shoelaces untied, an art invented in the mid-eighties by a very lazy guy, you are in luck. Keep reading and you will find out.

Today we bring you the 5 best ways to tie your sneakers without tying them.

1. Under tongue

One of the most classic. The lace follows the usual path, as if it were going to be tied at the last minute, and BAM! You hide it under the tab. This method requires a thick tab, one of those that reminds you of sofa cushions. It must be said that it is the least sophisticated way of putting on laces without tying them, the most “in bulk”.

It was a trending topic in the late nineties, early two thousand and, like all past fashions, it comes back from time to time, even if nobody asked for it.

A variation of this first method is to hide the laces at the base of the foot, but I don't recommend that unless you have a fakir at heart.

2. The stretching one

Another common way of not tying your laces is to use the elasticity of the laces. Basically, it consists of stretching them along the usual path so that the tip hangs (or is tied in a knot) in the last eyelet of the shoe. This is a very practical method for putting on shoes and it also looks very nice visually.

But (yes, there is a but) it doesn't hold the foot properly and makes the ankle wiggle slightly, which could cause a small injury. A slight sprain, perhaps, but you're not going to break your tibia and fibula either.

3. From top to bottom

In comedy, it is said that making jokes from the bottom up is the most offensive and cruel way to do comedy, since you protect the powerful and attack the vulnerable. But it turns out that we are talking about how not to tie your shoelaces, not about hehe and haha. So, take good note of what you should do.

Tie them in the opposite way to how you would normally do the laces of your shoes. Then, hide the tips on each side and from one side make them go up to the top, where only the aglet should be visible (what a strange name to call the tip, mostly made of good plastic).

4. The Crusader

As well as being a dance step to the best song Spain has ever submitted to the Eurovision Song Contest, the crusaíto is also a way of tying your shoelaces without actually tying them.

Basically, it's about following the classic braiding pattern, crossing it with a variation that will ensure that there is no excess lace. It's about recycling, reusing, reusing. What? Holes. Put your laces through the same hole several times, creating a pattern without overloading them but allowing you to show off your trainers without having to seal them with a knot at the end. To wear laces like this, you don't have to skimp on the size of the eyelets.

5. Cheating

We said five, but we didn't find that many, because you have to tie the laces. YOU HAVE TO TIE THEM, DAMN IT. It's like buying a Gran Reserva wine to make calimocho, like going on a trip to the other side of the world and not leaving the hotel... The only people who get hold of something not to use it are funko collectors and, tell me the truth, would you trust a guy who stores unopened bobbleheads? That's it.

And finally, if you don't want to tie your laces, you can always use Velcro. There, I've already said it...

What's up? Who? What office? Sign what? My stuff? Can I take this pen? Lock it from the outside? Okay. Bye!

Sliwils laces

Ahem, you have to be as smart as a flat-earther to work in a shoelace store and mention Velcro. That's like saying you love music and showing up wearing a Bad Bunny t-shirt. Anyway, I'm done with this post about how to wear shoelaces without tying them. After all, I get paid by the hour and I haven't even signed my contract yet.

Ignore, oh reader, the blasphemy written earlier by my now ex-colleague: if there are two types of people who will go to hell head first, they are those who put ice in their beer and those who wear Velcro shoes, as if they were still babies.

The important thing is that the laces are fun and original, whether you tie them or leave them loose because you're lazy or because you're an influencer. And that's what we do at Sliwils, designing laces with the most eye-catching prints (the style, not the lace, the lace holds up better than Sánchez in Moncloa). Yes, we sell them for €15, that's what happens when you don't manufacture in Southeast Asia and do it here, in our beautiful industrial estate in empty Spain.

Well, now you know: if your outfit makes you more tired than tying your sneakers, get some Sliwils, leave them loose and show off your laces, because this world belongs to the brave.

I'LL GET THEM!

PS: Don't buy shoes with Velcro. Even if you don't know it, we have eyes everywhere.