a shoe lace arrangement with fastener where a lace is engaged in a hole attachment and becomes engaged on a groove attachment as it crosses over a shoe frontal opening . the lace ends are tied permanently leaving enough slack to disengage the lace from the groove . once the lace is removed from the groove , a lace loop begins in one of the hole attachment and ends in one of the hole attachment on the same side of the shoe frontal opening ; thus allowing the un - restricted opening of the shoe . the slack is adjustable by lace placement in a grove . final tension in the shoe lace arrangement is obtained with a tension lever .