A shoe lace including a wired cord 3 fixed to a conventional end piece
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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.