Abstract: An upper assembly for a shoe, particularly an athletic shoe, comprising a vamp including a throat defined by laterally opposed throat edges, and inner and outer tongues respectively affixed to the vamp adjacent the forward tongue ends and extending rearwardly respectively interiorly and exteriorly of the throat edges. Complementary hook-and-loop fastening elements are mounted on the opposing surfaces of the tongues and throat edges for releasably and adjustably securing the shoe on a foot. Most preferably, the inner tongue is fastened as by stitching or adhesion to the throat side edge adjacent the shoe arch.