Abstract: Laces of a shoe are secured against coming loose or untied in use by providing a simple clip through which the lace ends are easily threaded and then clamped. Each clip, formed as a thin plate, is carried atop a shoe, adjacent the knot which is tied conventionally in the lace ends. The clip has two holes through it, one generally atop the last eyelet in the row along each side of the tongue of the shoe. The clip also has two slots, spaced apart from each other and generally perpendicular to the line between the two holes. The walls of the slots are formed to constrict the space therein, so that a portion of a lace pulled sideways thereinto can move only if a comparatively great force is applied to it. The knot is tied above and atop the plate of the clip, in one form, and the free ends of the lace are secured in the slots in that form of use of the invention.