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By Djenane Beaulieu, Buzz60 We finally have an answer to the age-old question of why our shoelaces keep coming undone soon after we've tied them -- thanks to science, of course.
There are also various elasticized shoelaces: Traditional "elastic" laces look identical to normal laces, and can simply be tied and untied as normal. They may also come with a permanent clip so they can be fastened invisibly. "Knotty" laces have a series of "fat" sections, which restrict movement through eyelets.
Close-up of a shoelace knot. The shoelace knot, or bow knot, is commonly used for tying shoelaces and bow ties.. The shoelace knot is a doubly slipped reef knot formed by joining the ends of whatever is being tied with a half hitch, folding each of the exposed ends into a loop and joining the loops with a second half hitch.
Greeper laces are a novel form of shoelace which have fasteners and stops to prevent them from becoming undone. They were invented by London optometrist Peter Greedy who spent six years developing the product and then launched it in 2009 at a footwear trade show in Düsseldorf.
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Alastair Stewart has described how he struggles to tie his own shoelaces in his battle against dementia.. The veteran broadcaster, who was the face of ITV News for more than 35 years before moving ...
Stevens presented The Untied Shoelaces Show, a BBC Scotland morning children's TV programme in 1982. [12] [13] Stevens has a fashion modelling contract with Ben Sherman. [14] In 2012, Stevens portrayed the character Dr Ferguson in an independent feature film Night is Day. [15]