Some things were just meant to be together:

• June Carter and Johnny Cash
• Champagne and strawberries
• Popping and locking

...and Chuck Taylors and fat laces.

Back in the day, this was how all the cool kids rolled. I had a pair of white Chucks with some neon green laces that were at least an inch wide. And yes, my lacing style could be conservatively called "double helix."

I make no apologies. It was what you had to do.

What happened to them? In general, I think the fat shoelace/Chuck Taylor thing went the way of Cyndi Lauper. As for my own Chuck Taylor/shoelace combo, the white hi-tops turned a dingy shade of grey pretty quickly, but the laces are still holding strong.