A shoe lace including a wired cord 3 fixed to a conventional end piece 5 at one end and a buckle or anchoring device 1 incorporating two holes 2 at the other. The lace is threaded across the shoe between two opposite eyelets only and fastened either by being twisted around the buckle 1 or by being threaded through the two holes 2 on the buckle 1, the number of laces used to tie the shoe being a matter of personal preference. Preferably the buckle 1 is made of a light plastic material but it can be made of metal or wood or any other suitable material or be of any shape or design.